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THE CONFEDERACY FIRST SEES THE LIGHT

will never provide a certain and dependable supply of man-power to maintain a long war. It's like this: On the first chill day of winter you start your furnace to warm the house. It won't do just to light a fire, throw on some coal, slam the furnace door and let her heat up. That might be all sufficient if the cold spell only lasted a couple of hours. But the winter runs on, and [136]