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The other proverb has its voice also, saying plainly, Follow common sense, and do not, while escaping one danger, rush upon another.
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Sumner advises to follow common sense to avoid new dangers while escaping existing ones.
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But so long as War exists as an Institution this terrible inconsistency must appear.
I am in favor of a tariff for revenue, such a one as will yield a sufficient amount to the treasury to defray the expenses of the government, economically administered.
Still further: every ship-of-war that floats costs more than a well-endowed college.
Controlled by such a code, employing such representatives, sustained by such agencies, animated by such Furies, and producing such fruits of tears and bitterness, it must be open to question.
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