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NL888 Posted 13 years ago
Grammar

Does " growth in political and moral stature" sound natural in English?

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That growth in political and moral stature led to his issuing The Proclamation of Emancipation. Once in war, it appeared to be a lethal weapon to destroy heavily slave-labor-depending Southern economy and defeat the Confederacy.

It is not very clear about how the Civil War got started and how we can forever avoid such war in the future.
  

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Yes, the highlighted phrase sounds natural. Other parts of the text are not exactly correct, and I don't quite understand whether the last sentence is a part of the main text or your own commentary, or how/whether it relates to your main question.

  • Yes, the highlighted phrase sounds natural.
  • Other parts of the text are not exactly correct, and I don't quite understand whether the last sentence is a part of the main text or your own commentary, or how/whether it relates to your main question.
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Yes, the highlighted phrase sounds natural.

Other parts of the text are not exactly correct, and I don't quite understand whether the last sentence is a part of the main text or your own commentary, or how/whether it relates to your main question.
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Other parts of the text are not exactly correct

Please correct them if you'd like.
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"destroy the heavily slave-labor-dependent Southern economy"

I am slightly doubtful about "Once in war". Is this "Proclamation of Emancipation" the same thing as http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emancipation_Proclamation? If so, the proclamation was apparently issued during the wa

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