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Again I appeal to you, Gentlemen, to relieve the suffering people from this outrageous condition of affairs.
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Sumner appeals to his audience to alleviate the suffering of people in dire circumstances.
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Tendencies of nations, as revealed in history, teach that our aims are in harmony with prevailing laws, which God, in his benevolence, has ordained for mankind.
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.
But so long as War exists as an Institution this terrible inconsistency must appear.
The most distant are not without a present influence on our daily lives.
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