The numbers on each side differed but little from the numbers engaged at Waterloo, and the tenacity with which the soldiers of the British Isles stood that day against the hosts of Napoleon, was rivaled on the field of Gettysburg by men of the same blood, fighting in the ranks of both armies.
Blaine compares the tenacity of soldiers at Gettysburg to that of the British at Waterloo, emphasizing their shared heritage.
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