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At a moment when there should be unity among good men for the sake of peace, it is strange and incomprehensible that this project should be pressed for adoption.
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Sumner expresses confusion over the push for a divisive project when unity is needed for peace.
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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.
Men are erring and mortal; principles are steadfast and immortal.
As the Brotherhood of Man is practically recognized, it becomes impossible to restrict the feeling within any exclusive circle of country, and to set up an unchristian distinction of honor between civil war and international war.
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