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I think it was everywhere and pre-eminently a struggle between the men of brains on either side.
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gutenberg.orgGeorge Julian: “I think it was everywhere and pre-eminently a struggle between the men of brains on either side.”
Editor's note · Context
Julian asserts that the political contest was fundamentally a battle of intellect between the two sides.
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