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It contains no compact, no promise, no vested right, nothing which may not be changed, if the public interests require.
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Sumner asserts that the Military Bill does not contain any binding commitments that cannot be altered for public interest.
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The first is a heavenly sentiment, from God: the other is a device of this world.
Far above any flickering light or battle-lantern of party is the everlasting sun of Truth, in whose beams are the duties of men.
The devices of party can no longer stave it off.
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