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Force is needed; nor is this the time to remove political disabilities.
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Sumner asserts the necessity of force and the urgency of addressing political disabilities during this tumultuous time.
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Endeavor, for a moment, by comparison with other interests, to grapple with this sum.
Controlled by such a code, employing such representatives, sustained by such agencies, animated by such Furies, and producing such fruits of tears and bitterness, it must be open to question.
The first is a heavenly sentiment, from God: the other is a device of this world.
But so long as War exists as an Institution this terrible inconsistency must appear.
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