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How much for a quit-claim to labor now meanly exacted by the strong from the weak?
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Sumner inquires about the compensation for labor that is unjustly extracted from the weak by the strong.
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Far above any flickering light or battle-lantern of party is the everlasting sun of Truth, in whose beams are the duties of men.
Nor should we be too impatient to witness the fulfilment of our aspirations.
But so long as War exists as an Institution this terrible inconsistency must appear.
According to recent calculations, its annual cost is not less than a thousand millions of dollars.
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