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Such waste and destruction all about us; and still these insatiable men—these handsome tigers—want more conciliation!
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Whitelaw Reid
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gutenberg.orgWhitelaw Reid: “Such waste and destruction all about us; and still these insatiable men—these handsome tigers—want more conciliation!”
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Reid reflects on the insatiable desire for more reconciliation despite the devastation witnessed after the Civil War.
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