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Nor will you expect that an enactment so entirely devoid of all just sanction should be called by the sacred name of law.
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Sumner argues that laws lacking moral justification cannot rightfully be considered legitimate, emphasizing the importance of justice.
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But so long as War exists as an Institution this terrible inconsistency must appear.
In this contest, we may borrow from the ancient Greek, who, when his hands were cut off, fought with his stumps, and even with his teeth.
More precious far at that moment the consolation that he had labored for his fellow-men, and the joyous confidence that all his cares had helped the Progress of his race!
Still further: every ship-of-war that floats costs more than a well-endowed college.
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