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If you are not ready to be the Moses of an oppressed people, do not become its Pharaoh.
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Sumner uses a metaphor to challenge those in power to act justly rather than oppressively.
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Nay, more,--if it would be criminal in these several clusters of States to reëstablish the Institution of War as Arbiter of Justice, then is it criminal in the Commonwealth of Nations to continue it.
The subterfuges of the politician cannot escape it.
Tendencies of nations, as revealed in history, teach that our aims are in harmony with prevailing laws, which God, in his benevolence, has ordained for mankind.
Out of this pernicious prejudice have proceeded that persecution and neglect which are the too frequent lot of the world's pioneers.
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