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There it is, in towering colossal proportions, filling the very halls of the Capitol, while it overshadows and darkens all other subjects.
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Sumner describes the overwhelming presence of the slavery issue in American politics.
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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.
The first is a heavenly sentiment, from God: the other is a device of this world.
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.
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