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In one way these questions mean so little to the sections of the country not immediately interested in them, but they mean so much to the Southern people who have to deal with them as live, every day matters.
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gutenberg.orgGeorge F. Hoar: “In one way these questions mean so little to the sections of the country not immediately interested in them, but they…”
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Hoar discusses the differing significance of sectional issues for various regions, particularly the South.
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