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Whatever may be the infirmities of our passions, it is plain that the natural state of man, assuring the highest happiness, and to which he tends by an irresistible heavenly attraction, is Peace.
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Sumner expresses the belief that peace is the natural state of humanity and leads to true happiness.
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