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Otherwise we have been free from pestilence, war, and calamities, which often overtake nations; and, as far as human judgment can penetrate the future, no cause seems to exist to threaten our present peace.
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gutenberg.orgUlysses S. Grant: “Otherwise we have been free from pestilence, war, and calamities, which often overtake nations; and, as far as human…”
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Grant remarks on the absence of major calamities and expresses optimism for the nation's future peace.
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