When these crises come, the nation will triumph or sink accordingly as it produces or fails to produce statesmen like Lincoln and soldiers like Grant, and accordingly as it does or does not back them in their efforts.
He asserts that the nation's success during crises depends on the quality of its leaders and the support they receive.
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