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There can be no such thing as “lenity” where Human Rights are in question.
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Sumner asserts that leniency is unacceptable when human rights are at stake.
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Nor should we be too impatient to witness the fulfilment of our aspirations.
Far above any flickering light or battle-lantern of party is the everlasting sun of Truth, in whose beams are the duties of men.
But so long as War exists as an Institution this terrible inconsistency must appear.
Still further: every ship-of-war that floats costs more than a well-endowed college.
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