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In this Fatherland there can be no place for unfriendly boundaries set up by any,--least of all, place for the War System, making nations as hostile camps.
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Charles Sumner
Massachusetts

Editor's note · Context

Sumner argues against the existence of hostile boundaries, advocating for a world without war.

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