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So, look on it in any view, I see no result but war and consequent changes in the form of government.
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gutenberg.orgJohn Sherman: “So, look on it in any view, I see no result but war and consequent changes in the form of government.”
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Sherman foresees that any perspective on the situation leads to inevitable conflict and changes in governance.
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