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If the inhabitants are of one blood and one language, the unity is more complete; but the essential condition is one sovereignty, involving, of course, one citizenship.
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gutenberg.orgCharles Sumner: “If the inhabitants are of one blood and one language, the unity is more complete; but the essential condition is one…”
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Sumner asserts that while shared blood and language enhance unity, the key factor for a nation is a single sovereignty and citizenship.
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