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Truth, like the sunbeam, cannot be soiled by outward touch, while the best testimony to its might is found in the active passions it provokes.
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Sumner emphasizes the purity of truth and its ability to provoke strong reactions.
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Far above any flickering light or battle-lantern of party is the everlasting sun of Truth, in whose beams are the duties of men.
Rather would I arouse you to renewed and incessant exertion.
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.
It is larger than the entire profit of all the commerce and manufactures of the world.
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