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icises the other, it is a mistake. The 

 principles for which Confederate and 

 Union man fought still live, and 

 should live, but the war has closed 

 and should so remain. 



The General, at the close of the 

 war, accepted defeat as a man, and 

 for over thirty years taught, by act 

 and word, that war was over and 

 that reconciliation was to be the final 

 noble victory. 



It is not strange that there was a 

 South and a North, or that there is a 

 South and a North, or that there will 

 continue to be a South and a North. 

 Two homes stand side by side. In the 

 face of a common peril the members 

 go out together, but in the midst of 

 peace they enjoy their own home 

 circle. That circle is theirs sacred. 



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