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We have been taught by recent fearful experience that delay and doubt in this time of revolutionary activity are stagnation and death.
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gutenberg.orgJohn Sherman: “We have been taught by recent fearful experience that delay and doubt in this time of revolutionary activity are…”
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Sherman warns against the dangers of hesitation during a time of significant change and upheaval.
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