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George Boutwell: “That is the lesson the war has burned in on the brain and conscience of the Nation.”

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That is the lesson the war has burned in on the brain and conscience of the Nation.
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George Boutwell
Massachusetts

Editor's note · Context

Boutwell asserts that the lessons learned from the war have profoundly impacted the nation's conscience.

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