Voluntary associations, confederacies, leagues, coalitions, and congresses of nations, though fugitive and limited in influence, all attest the unsatisfied desires of men solicitous for union, while they foreshadow the means by which it may be permanently accomplished.
Sumner discusses the various forms of voluntary associations as expressions of humanity's desire for unity.
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