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The discipline of defeat was endured with grace, and self-abnegation was accepted as the supreme duty of the hour.
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Blaine notes the grace and duty accepted by party members in the face of defeat, highlighting their resilience.
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It was the insane folly of the South, in drawing the sword against the life of the Nation, that led irresistibly to the abolition of slavery.
Such an opportunity would have been a menace to the public credit, and would have proved a constant source of corruption.
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