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ters strength. ... And the same is true of every other nation which is guilty.
All extenuation is irrelevant. How shall the majority learn that it must not acquiesce indolently in the will of the minority? Shall it not suffer the consequences of its indolence? A slow, almost impossible process. But assuredly a just one. For the impotent or corrupt acquiescence of the majority made the minority effective.
But if, on the other hand, a nation suffers for the will of its majority, and the minority suffers with the majority, then very clearly effective justice is being wrought, and just as clearly is the payment supposed to alter the will of the nation.
As long as there are nations and groups these laws must hold. And as soon as these laws collapse nations and groups will cease to be.
It is not meaningless to say, "This nation is parsimonious, this nation is treacherous, this nation is cruel." It is irrelevant to answer, "You must judge by the individual, not by
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