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The South fight for independence; but what do the North fight for, except to gratify passion or pride?”—Letters, p. 395, etc.
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gutenberg.orgJohn Morley: “The South fight for independence; but what do the North fight for, except to gratify passion or pride?”—Letters, p. 395…”
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Morley questions the motivations behind the Northern states' fight in the Civil War, contrasting it with the South's quest for independence.
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