My aim, then, was to whip the rebels, to humble their pride, to follow…

William Tecumseh Sherman
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My aim, then, was to whip the rebels, to humble their pride, to follow them to their inmost recesses, and make them fear and dread us. Fear is the beginning of wisdom. ✨ William Tecumseh Sherman (1990). Memoirs of General W.T. Sherman, p.729, Library of America
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My aim, then, was to whip the rebels, to humble their pride, to follow them to their inmost recesses, and make them fear and dread us. Fear is the beginning of wisdom. ✨ William Tecumseh Sherman (1990). Memoirs of General W.T. Sherman, p.729, Library of America

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