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It does not open a free field to talent, to fitness, to those various qualities so important on the commission.
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Sumner believes that the requirement for unpaid service restricts access to qualified individuals for the commission.
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But so long as War exists as an Institution this terrible inconsistency must appear.
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.
They are but leaders of the two contending factions into which the Slave Power is divided.
More precious far at that moment the consolation that he had labored for his fellow-men, and the joyous confidence that all his cares had helped the Progress of his race!
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