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Patriotism says, and says it in the interest of peace and economy and
final fraternity, "Fight and conquer even at the risk of holding them
for a generation under the yoke." Fight, tho, on such a scale that there
will be no need of holding them; that they will gladly submit again to
the rule which makes the republic one and blesses all portions with
protection and with bounty. Fight till they shall know that they kick
against fate and the resistless laws of the world! Patriotism calls on
the Cabinet and the head of the nation and the generals who give tone to
the campaign to forget the customs and interests of peace till we shall
gain it by the submission of the rebels and the shredding of their last
banner into threads. THOMAS STARR KING.

From "On the Privilege and Duties of Patriotism."

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For myself, I believe that whatever estrangements may have existed in
the past, or may linger among us now, are born of ignorance and will be
dispelled by knowledge. I believe that of our forty-five States there
are no two who, if they could meet in the familiarity of the
intercourse, in the fulness of personal knowledge, would not only cease
to entertain any bitterness, or alienation, or distrust, but each would
utter to the other the words of the Jewish daughter, in that most
exquisite of idylls which has come down to us almost from the beginning
of time:

"Entreat me not to leave thee, or to return from following after thee;
for whither thou guest, I will go; and where thou lodgest, I will