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Recognizing Freedom as the God-given birthright of all who wear the human form, he knew no duty higher than to protect it always; and to this end law and Constitution must minister.
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Sumner asserts that protecting freedom is the highest duty, supported by law and the Constitution.
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But so long as War exists as an Institution this terrible inconsistency must appear.
As the Brotherhood of Man is practically recognized, it becomes impossible to restrict the feeling within any exclusive circle of country, and to set up an unchristian distinction of honor between civil war and international war.
Still further: every ship-of-war that floats costs more than a well-endowed college.
Their existence is a disgrace to civilization; for it implies the common consent of nations to the Arbitrament of War, as regulated by these laws.
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