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Shots from here followed, and your beautiful fields bore testimony in blood.
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Sumner reflects on the sacrifices made in the fields during the battles of the Revolutionary War.
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Nor should we be too impatient to witness the fulfilment of our aspirations.
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As the Brotherhood of Man is practically recognized, it becomes impossible to restrict the feeling within any exclusive circle of country, and to set up an unchristian distinction of honor between civil war and international war.
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