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New days bring new issues and old passions are unsafe counselors.
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Blaine emphasizes the importance of adapting to new challenges and not relying on outdated passions.
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The wonder excited by the raising of the vast army which saved the Union from destruction was even surpassed by the wonder excited by its prompt and peaceful dissolution.
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The haste with which the question was brought to a decision can hardly be justified, and is a striking illustration of the intense party-feeling which had been engendered by the war.
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