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Every doubt, every scruple, every technicality, every subtilty, every quibble, is arrayed on his side, when, by every rule of reason and patriotism, all should be arrayed on the side of our country.
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Sumner emphasizes the importance of national loyalty over legal technicalities in times of crisis.
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