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NL888 Posted 13 years ago
Grammar
Does " divide effects" mean "break peace efforts (by both sides - North and South)"?
Context:
On the occasion corresponding to this four years ago all thoughts were anxiously directed to an impending civil war. All dreaded it, all sought to avert it. While the inaugural address was being delivered from this place, devoted altogether to saving the Union without war, insurgent agents were in the city seeking to destroy it without war—seeking to dissolve the Union and divide effects by negotiation. Both parties deprecated war, but one of them would make war rather than let the nation survive, and the other would accept war rather than let it perish, and the war came.
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On the occasion corresponding to this four years ago all thoughts were anxiously directed to an impending civil war. All dreaded it, all sought to avert it. While the inaugural address was being delivered from this place, devoted altogether to saving the Union without war, insurgent agents were in the city seeking to destroy it without war—seeking to dissolve the Union and divide effects by negotiation. Both parties deprecated war, but one of them would make war rather than let the nation survive, and the other would accept war rather than let it perish, and the war came.
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Top answer
seeking to dissolve the Union and divide effects by negotiation. seeking to dissolve the Union and divide the possessions and property owned by the Union by negotiation. eg How to divide the money in the Union Treasury?
- seeking to dissolve the Union and divide effects by negotiation.
- seeking to dissolve the Union and divide the possessions and property owned by the Union by negotiation.
- eg How to divide the money in the Union Treasury?
- eg How to decide who gets Union government buildings and government-owned land?
- etc, etc.
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seeking to dissolve the Union and divide effects by negotiation.
seeking to dissolve the Union and divide the possessions and property owned by the Union by negotiation.
eg How to divide the money in the Union Treasury?
eg How to decide who gets Union government
seeking to dissolve the Union and divide the possessions and property owned by the Union by negotiation.
eg How to divide the money in the Union Treasury?
eg How to decide who gets Union government
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Got it.
Effects here mean property ( the possessions and property owned by the Union).
Thank you.
Effects here mean property ( the possessions and property owned by the Union).
Thank you.
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