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Page 124
... force were it not that I fear a general panic and stampede would follow , so hard it is to have a thing understood as it really is . I think the new force should be all , or nearly all , infantry , prin- cipally because such can be ...
... force were it not that I fear a general panic and stampede would follow , so hard it is to have a thing understood as it really is . I think the new force should be all , or nearly all , infantry , prin- cipally because such can be ...
Page 186
... force of arms . This I am trying to do . Are you for it ? If you are , so far we are agreed . If you are not for it , a second way is to give up the Union . I am against this . Are you for it ? If you are , you should say so plainly ...
... force of arms . This I am trying to do . Are you for it ? If you are , so far we are agreed . If you are not for it , a second way is to give up the Union . I am against this . Are you for it ? If you are , you should say so plainly ...
Page 217
... force - no loss by it anyhow or anywhere . On the contrary it shows a gain of quite a hundred and thirty thousand soldiers , sea- men , and laborers . These are palpable facts , about which , as facts , there can be no caviling . We ...
... force - no loss by it anyhow or anywhere . On the contrary it shows a gain of quite a hundred and thirty thousand soldiers , sea- men , and laborers . These are palpable facts , about which , as facts , there can be no caviling . We ...
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