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But, while we praise Grant and the Union soldiers, we must remember that Abraham Lincoln was the genius of the times.
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Sherman highlights Abraham Lincoln's crucial role during the Civil War, acknowledging his visionary leadership.
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But, sir, I have no hope, while this House is constituted as it is now, of instituting any radical reform.
The tax on spirits, tobacco and beer ought to be retained as the best objects of taxation either of domestic or imported goods.
The policy of this country ought to be to make everything national as far as possible.
Morrill's bill is a great improvement on the tariff of 1857.
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