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Failure now will make the war itself a failure; surrender now will undo all our victories.
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gutenberg.orgCharles Sumner: “Failure now will make the war itself a failure; surrender now will undo all our victories.”
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Sumner warns that failing to act decisively now would negate the sacrifices made during the war.
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