On the record
Early testimony of the Church against, I. 59.
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Sumner notes the Church's early opposition to a specific practice, highlighting its moral stance.
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Again I repeat, so long as the War System prevails under the sanction of International Law, these painful incongruities will be apparent.
According to recent calculations, its annual cost is not less than a thousand millions of dollars.
Endeavor, for a moment, by comparison with other interests, to grapple with this sum.
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.
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