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He has constrained the haughty powers to appear at the bar of the Nations.
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Sumner asserts that he has compelled powerful nations to confront their actions on a global stage.
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The first is a heavenly sentiment, from God: the other is a device of this world.
The subterfuges of the politician cannot escape it.
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It is a cause which, though long kept in check throughout our country, as also in Europe, now confronts the people and their rulers, demanding to be heard.
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