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I should be sorry to have it understood that the thanks of Congress can be won only in war.
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Sumner emphasizes that recognition from Congress should not be limited to wartime achievements.
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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.
But so long as War exists as an Institution this terrible inconsistency must appear.
The devices of party can no longer stave it off.
The first is a heavenly sentiment, from God: the other is a device of this world.
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