12/30/1863
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"Capital is only the fruit of labor, and could never have existed if labor had not first existed."
"We should not be in haste to determine that radical and extreme measures, which may reach the loyal as well as the disloyal, are indispensable."
"I therefore recommend, as a military measure, that Congress provide for the construction of such road as speedily as possible."
"The war continues."