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And so, as God linked the national welfare with national duty, you cannot deny these rights without peril to the Republic.
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Sumner links national welfare to the duty of the nation to uphold rights, warning against the dangers of denying them.
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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.
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