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No skill in the device of the system, no penalties, no bounties even, can uphold it.
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Sumner argues that no amount of penalties or rewards can sustain a system without public backing.
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As the Brotherhood of Man is practically recognized, it becomes impossible to restrict the feeling within any exclusive circle of country, and to set up an unchristian distinction of honor between civil war and international war.
In this contest, we may borrow from the ancient Greek, who, when his hands were cut off, fought with his stumps, and even with his teeth.
The devices of party can no longer stave it off.
Let loyalty to one man be exchanged for Love to Man.
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