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I laid down the paper, and still there seemed to press around me a solemn, majestic anthem from a mighty organ.
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Sumner shares a vivid personal reflection on the solemnity of a moment he experienced.
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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.
Tendencies of nations, as revealed in history, teach that our aims are in harmony with prevailing laws, which God, in his benevolence, has ordained for mankind.
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