On the record
The Eastern nations sink, their glory ends, And empire rises where the sun descends.
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gutenberg.orgEditor's note · Context
This passage illustrates the cyclical nature of empires rising and falling, particularly in relation to the sun's movement.
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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.
They belong to a system so essentially irrational, that all the admitted virtues of many of its agents cannot save it from judgment.
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.
More precious far at that moment the consolation that he had labored for his fellow-men, and the joyous confidence that all his cares had helped the Progress of his race!
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