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Ulysses S. Grant: “But my appreciation of my enemies was certainly affected by this knowledge.”

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But my appreciation of my enemies was certainly affected by this knowledge.
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Ulysses S. Grant
Republican · Ohio

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Grant reflects on how his understanding of his enemies was shaped by personal knowledge.

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