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I abhor this revenge on prisoners of war, because we would sink thereby to the level of the enemy’s shame and dishonor.
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Sumner condemns revenge against prisoners of war, arguing it lowers moral standards.
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Controlled by such a code, employing such representatives, sustained by such agencies, animated by such Furies, and producing such fruits of tears and bitterness, it must be open to question.
Confessing the Fatherhood of God, and the consequent Brotherhood of Man, we find a divine standard of unquestionable accuracy.
But so long as War exists as an Institution this terrible inconsistency must appear.
Their existence is a disgrace to civilization; for it implies the common consent of nations to the Arbitrament of War, as regulated by these laws.
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