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but I never did admit and sir
I am willing to admit, sir, that the war is over, but I never did admit, and, sir, I contend yet, that Lee was the greatest general that the world ever saw—far greater than Grant, who was in command of resources infinitely superior.
— from The Girl at the Halfway House A Story of the Plains by Emerson Hough

be is now dying as a second
How then can we believe that be is now dying as a second sacrifice upon earth?
— from The Atonement, as taught by the Church of England: A Sermon by Edward Hoare

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