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It is difficult to exaggerate the value of these verses, which have been so often quoted as to have become a commonplace of literature and politics.
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Sumner emphasizes the profound impact and frequent citation of these verses in literature and politics.
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Let us at all hazards prevent the extension of Slavery and the increase of the Slave Power.
But so long as War exists as an Institution this terrible inconsistency must appear.
Again I repeat, so long as the War System prevails under the sanction of International Law, these painful incongruities will be apparent.
Rather would I arouse you to renewed and incessant exertion.
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