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Mars is not an aesthetic God.
John Brown Gordon / U.s. Senator
War
Civil War
Mars
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I was shot down by a fifth ball, which struck me squarely in the face, and passed out.
John Brown Gordon / U.s. Senator
Fifth
Ball
Shot
Passed
Squarely
Struck
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A people without the memories of heroic suffering and sacrifices are a people without a history.
John Brown Gordon / U.s. Senator
Memories
People
Sacrifice
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No people in the history of the world have ever been so misunderstood, so misjudged, and so cruelly maligned.
John Brown Gordon / U.s. Senator
History
Misunderstood
People
World
History World People
Ever
Maligned
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General Lee, this is no place for you. These men behind you are Georgians and Virginians. They have never failed you and will not fail you here. Will you boys?
John Brown Gordon / U.s. Senator
Men
War
Boys
Men Will Never
Failed
Fail
Georgian
Lee
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As for the South, it is enough to say that perhaps eighty per cent. of her armies were neither slave-holders, nor had the remotest interest in the institution. No other proof, however, is needed than the undeniable fact that at any period of the war from its beginning to near its close the South could have saved slavery by simply laying down its arms and returning to the Union.
John Brown Gordon / U.s. Senator
War
Army
Slavery
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