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  • I saw in States' rights the only availing check upon the absolutism of the sovereign will, and secession filled me with hope, not as the destruction but as the redemption of Democracy.... Therefore I deemed that you were fighting the battles of our liberty, our progress, and our civilization, and I mourn for the stake which was lost at Richmond more deeply than I rejoice over that which was saved at Waterloo.

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  • I mourn for the stake which was lost at Richmond more deeply than I rejoice over that which was saved at Waterloo.

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    Letter to Robert E. Lee, November 4, 1866.
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Lord Acton

  • Born: January 10, 1834
  • Died: June 19, 1902
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