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Better husband our resources,--among which I place the sympathies of the civilized world, and of those laboring classes whose industry must suffer by your act, without, I fear, any corresponding benefit to us.
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gutenberg.orgCharles Sumner: “Better husband our resources,--among which I place the sympathies of the civilized world, and of those laboring classes…”
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Sumner emphasizes the importance of managing resources and the global sympathy for laborers affected by conflict.
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