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But what proceeds out of this power is, from the nature of the case, provisional or temporary, until it has received the sanction of Congress.
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He warns that actions taken under the President's military power are provisional until approved by Congress.
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Nay, more,--if it would be criminal in these several clusters of States to reëstablish the Institution of War as Arbiter of Justice, then is it criminal in the Commonwealth of Nations to continue it.
They who strive after it, Ixion-like, embrace a cloud.
Men are erring and mortal; principles are steadfast and immortal.
Controlled by such a code, employing such representatives, sustained by such agencies, animated by such Furies, and producing such fruits of tears and bitterness, it must be open to question.
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