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Our battalions must be reinforced by ideas, and we must strike directly at the Origin and Mainspring.
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gutenberg.orgCharles Sumner: “Our battalions must be reinforced by ideas, and we must strike directly at the Origin and Mainspring.”
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Sumner advocates for the importance of ideas and principles in the fight against the Rebellion.
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