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Charles Sumner: “The fatal War Spirit is born of these preparations, out of which it springs full-armed.”

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The fatal War Spirit is born of these preparations, out of which it springs full-armed.
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Charles Sumner
Massachusetts

Editor's note · Context

Sumner describes how the spirit of war arises from military preparations.

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