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Its benefits are not confined to the United States, but extend to all the countries of America.
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gutenberg.orgJohn Sherman: “Its benefits are not confined to the United States, but extend to all the countries of America.”
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Sherman claims that the benefits of the Civil War extend beyond the United States to all of America.
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