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The north can make a steam engine, locomotive or railway car; hardly a yard of cloth or a pair of shoes can you make. you are rushing into war with one of the most powerful, ingeniously mechanical and determined people on earth - right at your doors. you are bound to fail. only in spirit and determination are you prepared for war. in all else you are totally unprepared, with a bad cause to start with.
-William Tecumseh Sherman
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The North Can Make A Steam Engine,

William Tecumseh Sherman
The north can make a steam engine, locomotive or railway car; hardly a yard of cloth or a pair of shoes can you make. you are rushing into war with one of the most powerful, ingeniously mechanical and determined people on earth - right at your doors. you are bound to fail. only in spirit and determination are you prepared for war. in all else you are totally unprepared, with a bad cause to start with.
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