Charles Sumner: “Thus are achieved pacific conquests, where formerly all the force of…”

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Thus are achieved pacific conquests, where formerly all the force of arms could not prevail.

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Sumner asserts that peaceful achievements can be made without military force, emphasizing the power of diplomacy.

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Charles Sumner: “Thus are achieved pacific conquests, where formerly all the force of arms could not prevail.”