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Northern ideas must become American, or Southern ideas must become American, before there will be peace.
Said by
Henry Ward Beecher
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gutenberg.orgHenry Ward Beecher: “Northern ideas must become American, or Southern ideas must become American, before there will be peace.”
Editor's note · Context
Beecher asserts that for peace to exist, Northern and Southern ideas must be reconciled within the American context.
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