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Without security in the future Reconstruction is a failure; and that now should be our first, prime object.
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Sumner asserts that without future security, efforts at Reconstruction will ultimately fail, highlighting its importance.
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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 first is a heavenly sentiment, from God: the other is a device of this world.
Tendencies of nations, as revealed in history, teach that our aims are in harmony with prevailing laws, which God, in his benevolence, has ordained for mankind.
The devices of party can no longer stave it off.
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