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England would rejoice to-day to see our country divided.
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Sumner asserts that England would be pleased to see the United States divided, indicating a lack of support.
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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.
The devices of party can no longer stave it off.
But so long as War exists as an Institution this terrible inconsistency must appear.
They who strive after it, Ixion-like, embrace a cloud.
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