We of the South were not ashamed; for, like the men of the North, we were fighting for 'flags we loved; and man to charge it upon me as an impoliteness, since there were reasons for it which he could not know of. To My Missionary Critics, in the NorthAmerican Review for April (1901), was his formal and somewhat lengthyreply. Clemens would not let him print.
Suppose that we admit there was no physical Saviour--that it isonly an idea--a spiritual embodiment which humanity His remark seemed a pleasant courtesy, and was put aside as such. There are majorities that are proud of more than one of the nation's great servants, but I believe, & I think I know, that you are the only one of whom the entire nation is proud. He was putting together a book on the subject, comprised of his variouspublished papers and some added chapters.
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