Thus rather wise and prudent princes join Asia to Europe; they join and fasten nations together, not with boards or planks or surging brigandines, not with inanimate and insensible bonds, but by the ties of legitimate love, chaste nuptials, and the infallible gage of progeny.--PLUTARCH, Morals, ed.
Sumner reflects on the importance of genuine connections between nations, drawing from Plutarch's insights.
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