Long rolling years shall late bring on the times, When, with your gold debauched and ripened crimes, Europe, the world’s most noble part, shall fall, Upon her banished gods and virtue call In vain, while foreign and domestic war At once shall her distracted bosom tear,-- Forlorn, and to be pitied even by you.
In this prophetic statement, Sumner warns of the consequences of moral decay and conflict in Europe.
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The subterfuges of the politician cannot escape it.
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