Then again, it is impossible for any Englishman not to have a very strong feeling of sympathy with those in the North who saw exalted visions of the great future of their country, now threatened with destruction.
Morley acknowledges the strong feelings of sympathy among Englishmen for the North during the American Civil War.
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If they, situated exactly as we are, decline to join, we are not bound single-handed to make up the deficiencies of the rest.
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