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The true patriot would not consent to see the sacrifice of the Nation more than the true mother before King Solomon would consent to see the sacrifice of her child.
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Sumner compares the sacrifice of the nation to a mother's love for her child, emphasizing patriotism.
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According to recent calculations, its annual cost is not less than a thousand millions of dollars.
Out of this pernicious prejudice have proceeded that persecution and neglect which are the too frequent lot of the world's pioneers.
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