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 THE WORLD'S FAMOUS ORATIONS

her life-blood as well as her material resources, yet still honorable and true — accepts the bitter award of the bloody arbitrament without reser- vation, resolutely determined to abide the result with chivalrous fidelity. Yet, as if struck dumb by the magnitude of her reverses, she suffers on in silence. The North, exultant in her triumph and elevated by success, still cherishes, as we are assured, a heart full of magnanimous emotions toward her disarmed and discomfited antago- nist ; and yet, as if under some mysterious spell, her words and acts are words and acts of sus- picion and distrust. Would that the spirit of the illustrious dead, whom we lament to-day, could speak from the grave to both parties to this deplorable discord, in tones which would reach each and every heart throughout this broad territory: My countrymen! know one another and you will love one another.

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