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“… As the years went by, the principal reason for the Civil War – to preserve slavery – gradually became an unacceptable reason for the War, and the loss of such a War all the more unacceptable. … Loss of such a War by men who were gallant but vastly outnumbered – the loss by an agrarian culture to a predatory industrial juggernaut – became an acceptable loss.” — Joseph Addison Beck
… As the years went by, the principal reason for the Civil War – to preserve slavery – gradually became an unacceptable reason for the War, and the loss of such a War all the more unacceptable. …
Loss of such a War by men who were gallant but vastly outnumbered – the loss by an agrarian culture to a predatory industrial juggernaut – became an acceptable loss.