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The terrible atrocity of these acts is aggravated by the rallying cries of the murderers.
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Sumner condemns violent acts and the rhetoric surrounding them.
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Let loyalty to one man be exchanged for Love to Man.
It is true, doubtless, that there are various races of men; but there is but one great Human Family, in which Caucasian, Ethiopian, Chinese, and Indian are all brothers, children of one Father, and heirs to one happiness.
But so long as War exists as an Institution this terrible inconsistency must appear.
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