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Not bodily infirmity or old age could exempt a litigant from the hazard of the Battle, even to determine differences of the most trivial import.
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Sumner points out that even the elderly were not exempt from the dangers of trial by battle, emphasizing its brutality.
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More precious far at that moment the consolation that he had labored for his fellow-men, and the joyous confidence that all his cares had helped the Progress of his race!
Rather would I arouse you to renewed and incessant exertion.
But so long as War exists as an Institution this terrible inconsistency must appear.
In this contest, we may borrow from the ancient Greek, who, when his hands were cut off, fought with his stumps, and even with his teeth.
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