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Slavery sets at nought the relation of husband and wife.
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Sumner highlights the destructive impact of slavery on familial relationships.
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The first is a heavenly sentiment, from God: the other is a device of this world.
But so long as War exists as an Institution this terrible inconsistency must appear.
According to recent calculations, its annual cost is not less than a thousand millions of dollars.
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.
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