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With all its shortcomings and shilly-shallying, what a glorious nation this North is!
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gutenberg.orgCharles Sumner: “With all its shortcomings and shilly-shallying, what a glorious nation this North is!”
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Sumner expresses admiration for the resilience and character of the Northern states during the Civil War.
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