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In estimating the discontent excited by the declaration of war Clinton had failed to foresee that there is something captivating to a spirited people about the opening of a new war.
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Alexander reflects on the public sentiment surrounding the declaration of war and its captivating nature.
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As he lived, so he died, a strange, lonely, unhappy man, out of tune with the beautiful world in which he was permitted to exist upward of four score years.
His lightest word, sent thrilling to the rim of a vast audience, swayed it with the magic of control.
People were getting tired of bold action without achievement in the field, and every opponent of the Administration became a threnodist.
In less than twelve months we shall be in war, and that the bloodiest in history.
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