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 are brought into the abyss of revolution, one half of the country will be arrayed against the other. I must try and be patient and await the end, for I can do nothing to hasten or retard it.”

We will see how the evolution of events was going to oblige Colonel Lee to come out of his state of painful expectation and to play an active role -- but equally painful -- in the colossal fight that was threatening.