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It would have been a worse civil war than that of the Rebellion, because the country would have been divided not by sections, but by parties.
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gutenberg.orgGeorge F. Hoar: “It would have been a worse civil war than that of the Rebellion, because the country would have been divided not by…”
Editor's note · Context
Hoar warns that a civil war during the political turmoil would have been more devastating than the previous one, as it would divide the nation by political parties.
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