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If such a case is not condemned by International Law, then has this law lost its virtue.
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gutenberg.orgCharles Sumner: “If such a case is not condemned by International Law, then has this law lost its virtue.”
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Sumner argues that if international law does not condemn certain actions, it has lost its authority and purpose.
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