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How could men apostatize from a cause which they had served with unflinching fidelity until it was completely triumphant?
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gutenberg.orgGeorge Julian: “How could men apostatize from a cause which they had served with unflinching fidelity until it was completely…”
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Julian questions the loyalty of those who abandoned their cause after achieving victory.
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