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They are faculties to be employed prudently in support of truth and justice.
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Sumner emphasized the responsible use of faculties in the pursuit of truth and justice.
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Again I repeat, so long as the War System prevails under the sanction of International Law, these painful incongruities will be apparent.
Far above any flickering light or battle-lantern of party is the everlasting sun of Truth, in whose beams are the duties of men.
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.
Endeavor, for a moment, by comparison with other interests, to grapple with this sum.
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