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They may sorrow over the war and its results, but they have no cause for shame or remorse.
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Whitelaw Reid
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gutenberg.orgWhitelaw Reid: “They may sorrow over the war and its results, but they have no cause for shame or remorse.”
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Reid notes that while the South may mourn the war, they do not feel shame about it.
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