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The successful mechanics, the thrifty tradesmen, the well-to-do farmers in the old thirteen States were found, in great proportion, to have held a commission or carried a musket in the Army of the Revolution.
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Blaine points out that many successful individuals in early America had military backgrounds from the Revolutionary War.
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