I had occasion to say before a college audience last June what I now repeat with the additional emphasis subsequent events have warranted--that the difficulties which at present discourage us are largely of our own making; and I repeat that it is still not for us, here and now, to apportion the blame.
Reid reflects on the self-inflicted nature of current difficulties and the importance of refraining from assigning blame.
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