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But we are reminded that there is a difference between power and right.
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Sumner emphasizes the distinction between having power and having the moral right to exercise it.
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They are but leaders of the two contending factions into which the Slave Power is divided.
But so long as War exists as an Institution this terrible inconsistency must appear.
They who strive after it, Ixion-like, embrace a cloud.
The devices of party can no longer stave it off.
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