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Friends in the North would have grown more and more discouraged, and enemies in the same section more and more insolent in their gibes and denunciation of the cause and those engaged in it.
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In this quote, Grant warns about the dangers of discouragement among supporters and the potential for increased hostility from opponents during the war.
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