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Call it “a glittering generality,”--but there it is, in immortal text, whose truth will be recognized more and more as time advances.
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Sumner defends the enduring truth of the Declaration of Independence despite criticisms of it being a mere generality.
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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!
The subterfuges of the politician cannot escape it.
But so long as War exists as an Institution this terrible inconsistency must appear.
The first is a heavenly sentiment, from God: the other is a device of this world.
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