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When studied where he is chiefly seen,--not in the affairs of government, but in daily life,--the African awakens attachment and respect.
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Sumner emphasizes the positive qualities of Africans in everyday life.
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Still further: every ship-of-war that floats costs more than a well-endowed college.
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.
Their existence is a disgrace to civilization; for it implies the common consent of nations to the Arbitrament of War, as regulated by these laws.
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