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The party which supports General Grant demands it; and above all else public morality calls for it.
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Sumner argues that public morality demands support for the One-Term Amendment.
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Again I repeat, so long as the War System prevails under the sanction of International Law, these painful incongruities will be apparent.
Nor should we be too impatient to witness the fulfilment of our aspirations.
The first is a heavenly sentiment, from God: the other is a device of this world.
The subterfuges of the politician cannot escape it.
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