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They belong to a system so essentially irrational, that all the admitted virtues of many of its agents cannot save it from judgment.
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Sumner argues that the irrational nature of the War System cannot be justified by the virtues of its participants.
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Again I repeat, so long as the War System prevails under the sanction of International Law, these painful incongruities will be apparent.
It is true, doubtless, that there are various races of men; but there is but one great Human Family, in which Caucasian, Ethiopian, Chinese, and Indian are all brothers, children of one Father, and heirs to one happiness.
It applies an arrogant and unrelenting ostracism to all who express themselves against Slavery.
Still further: every ship-of-war that floats costs more than a well-endowed college.
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