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And to what other ruler can we assign the ability to have met and to have managed successfully all the difficult problems of the Civil War?
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gutenberg.orgGeorge Boutwell: “And to what other ruler can we assign the ability to have met and to have managed successfully all the difficult…”
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Boutwell praises a ruler's ability to manage the complexities of the Civil War effectively.
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