03/05/1864
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"I cannot fly from my thoughts--my solicitude for this great country follows me wherever I go."
"Come what will, I will keep my faith with friend and foe."
"The slightest knowledge of arithmetic will prove to any man that the rebel armies cannot be destroyed by Democratic strategy."
"Let my enemies prove to the country that the destruction of slavery is not necessary to a restoration of the Union."