In every direction is muddle,--muddle with Spain, muddle with Cuba, muddle with the Black Republic, muddle with distant Corea, muddle with Venezuela, muddle with Russia, muddle with England,--on all sides one diversified muddle.
Here, Sumner illustrates the chaotic state of U.S. foreign relations under the President's administration.
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In this contest, we may borrow from the ancient Greek, who, when his hands were cut off, fought with his stumps, and even with his teeth.
The most distant are not without a present influence on our daily lives.
They who strive after it, Ixion-like, embrace a cloud.
Far above any flickering light or battle-lantern of party is the everlasting sun of Truth, in whose beams are the duties of men.
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