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There is a famous saying that comes to us from the last century, that the whole object of government in England--of King, Lords, and Commons--is to bring twelve men into a jury-box.
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Sumner references a historical saying about the purpose of government in England, emphasizing the importance of juries.
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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.
Still further: every ship-of-war that floats costs more than a well-endowed college.
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.
They belong to a system so essentially irrational, that all the admitted virtues of many of its agents cannot save it from judgment.
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