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There is no necessity for feeding an army of military idlers and eaters.
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gutenberg.orgCharles Sumner: “There is no necessity for feeding an army of military idlers and eaters.”
Editor's note · Context
Sumner critiques the economic burden of maintaining large standing armies.
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