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The men to suspect of dishonesty are not these who frankly, admit that they are defeated and bound to submit, but still insist that they were right in the start of the quarrel.
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Whitelaw Reid
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Reid distinguishes between those who admit defeat and those who cling to their beliefs despite losing the war.
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