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The facility thereby afforded for escape from a bad government will force the European governments to be just and enlightened.
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Sumner argues that the ability to escape bad governance will compel European governments to improve.
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Confessing the Fatherhood of God, and the consequent Brotherhood of Man, we find a divine standard of unquestionable accuracy.
The subterfuges of the politician cannot escape it.
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.
Endeavor, for a moment, by comparison with other interests, to grapple with this sum.
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