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I would do as much as possible, believing that all we do in the nature of safeguard must redound to the good of all and to the national fame.
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Sumner expresses his commitment to doing as much as possible for the national good.
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Nor should we be too impatient to witness the fulfilment of our aspirations.
As the Brotherhood of Man is practically recognized, it becomes impossible to restrict the feeling within any exclusive circle of country, and to set up an unchristian distinction of honor between civil war and international war.
Nay, more,--if it would be criminal in these several clusters of States to reëstablish the Institution of War as Arbiter of Justice, then is it criminal in the Commonwealth of Nations to continue it.
The most distant are not without a present influence on our daily lives.
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