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For four years, Rebellion, of the greatest magnitude known to authentic history, raged among us, threatening to rend the Republic in twain.
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Sumner describes the severe impact of a rebellion that threatened to divide the nation, emphasizing its historical significance.
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Endeavor, for a moment, by comparison with other interests, to grapple with this sum.
But so long as War exists as an Institution this terrible inconsistency must appear.
Nor should we be too impatient to witness the fulfilment of our aspirations.
Out of this pernicious prejudice have proceeded that persecution and neglect which are the too frequent lot of the world's pioneers.
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