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No; they were defending their ideals, and those ideals came from the classics.
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gutenberg.orgCalvin Coolidge: “No; they were defending their ideals, and those ideals came from the classics.”
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Coolidge highlights that the ideals defended by soldiers are rooted in classical education and values.
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