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Such a character was a perpetual protest, and Napoleon in the pride of colossal power confessed it.
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Sumner reflects on the enduring impact of a character who stands as a symbol against tyranny.
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Far above any flickering light or battle-lantern of party is the everlasting sun of Truth, in whose beams are the duties of men.
Their existence is a disgrace to civilization; for it implies the common consent of nations to the Arbitrament of War, as regulated by these laws.
According to recent calculations, its annual cost is not less than a thousand millions of dollars.
Nay, more,--if it would be criminal in these several clusters of States to reëstablish the Institution of War as Arbiter of Justice, then is it criminal in the Commonwealth of Nations to continue it.
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