"Civil war burst upon the United States, with almost the suddenness of the meteor's glare. It was, however, but like the eruption of the volcano, whose pent-up fires had, for ages, been gathering strength for the final explosion. The whirlwind which our country has reaped, is but the natural harvest of that seed which, for long years, we have been sowing."
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John Stevens Cabot Abbott
John Stevens Cabot Abbott (September 19, 1805 – June 17, 1877) was an American historian, pastor, and author.
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