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If I accumulate instances, it is because the certainty of retribution for wrong, and especially for the great wrong of War, is a lesson of the present duel to be impressed.
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Sumner warns that the certainty of retribution for wrongs, especially in war, should be a lesson for those who engage in conflict.
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