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Charles Sumner: “Especially does International Law, when it declares the absolute equality of independent nations, cast upon all the duty…”

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Especially does International Law, when it declares the absolute equality of independent nations, cast upon all the duty of considering well how this privilege shall be bestowed so that the welfare of all may be best upheld.
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Charles Sumner
Massachusetts

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Sumner discusses the principles of International Law and the duty of nations to uphold equality.

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