On the recordAugust 14, 1864
You cannot conciliate the South if you guarantee to them ultimate success.
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presidency.ucsb.eduYou cannot conciliate the South if you guarantee to them ultimate success.
Interview with John T. Mills
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As a general rule I abstain from reading the reports of attacks upon myself, wishing not to be provoked by that to which I cannot properly offer an answer.
To care for him who shall have borne the battle and for his widow, and his orphan, is our duty.
If I were to try to read, much less answer, all the attacks made on me, this shop might as well be closed for any other business.
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