We can retain an ever-growing sense of the all-importance, not merely to our people but to mankind, of the Union victory, while giving the freest and heartiest recognition to the sincerity and self-devotion of those Americans, our fellow-countrymen, who then fought against the stars in their courses.
Reflecting on the Civil War, this passage articulates how to acknowledge the Union's victory while honoring the integrity of those who fought for the Confederacy.
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