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Our Constitution declares a treaty to be the law of the land.
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Sumner states that the Constitution explicitly designates treaties as the law of the land.
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Far above any flickering light or battle-lantern of party is the everlasting sun of Truth, in whose beams are the duties of men.
Rather would I arouse you to renewed and incessant exertion.
The first is a heavenly sentiment, from God: the other is a device of this world.
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.
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