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They were not only eminent in an intellectual point of view, but they had a special fitness for the arduous and patriotic duties so unexpectedly devolved upon them.
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gutenberg.orgJames Blaine: “They were not only eminent in an intellectual point of view, but they had a special fitness for the arduous and…”
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Blaine praises the intellectual and patriotic qualities of Northern governors during the Civil War.
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