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That Senator said nothing of argument, and therefore there is nothing of that to be answered.
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He points out that a senator failed to provide any substantive arguments in his speech.
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Far above any flickering light or battle-lantern of party is the everlasting sun of Truth, in whose beams are the duties of men.
As the Brotherhood of Man is practically recognized, it becomes impossible to restrict the feeling within any exclusive circle of country, and to set up an unchristian distinction of honor between civil war and international war.
The first is a heavenly sentiment, from God: the other is a device of this world.
The most distant are not without a present influence on our daily lives.
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