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Surely this National Capitol, so beautiful and interesting, and already historic, should not be opened to the rude experiment of untried talent.
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Sumner advocates for the preservation of the Capitol's integrity by rejecting untested artistic talent.
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But so long as War exists as an Institution this terrible inconsistency must appear.
Their existence is a disgrace to civilization; for it implies the common consent of nations to the Arbitrament of War, as regulated by these laws.
Still further: every ship-of-war that floats costs more than a well-endowed college.
The first is a heavenly sentiment, from God: the other is a device of this world.
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