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The spirit of unconquerable hate, after the battle was fought and lost, could hardly go further.
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Whitelaw Reid
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gutenberg.orgWhitelaw Reid: “The spirit of unconquerable hate, after the battle was fought and lost, could hardly go further.”
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Reid reflects on the enduring hatred present in the South even after defeat in the Civil War.
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