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But having chosen to go to war, and having been speedily and overwhelmingly successful, we should be ashamed even to think of running away from what inexorably followed.
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Whitelaw Reid
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gutenberg.orgBut having chosen to go to war, and having been speedily and overwhelmingly successful, we should be ashamed even to think of running away from what inexorably followed.
Reid emphasizes the shame of abandoning responsibilities after a successful military campaign.
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