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The statutes of the sea, thus refined and elevated, will be agents of peace instead of agents of war.
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gutenberg.orgCharles Sumner: “The statutes of the sea, thus refined and elevated, will be agents of peace instead of agents of war.”
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Sumner envisions refined maritime laws that promote peace rather than conflict.
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