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It is for you and such as you, who love peace, to guide your countrymen aright in this matter.
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Sumner calls on those who value peace to lead their fellow citizens wisely in matters of separation.
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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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