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The masses of our countrymen, North and South, are eager to clasp…

Quote byHorace Greeley · 1811–1872

Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: Acceptance of Liberal Republican nomination as President (29 May 1872).

English (original)

The masses of our countrymen, North and South, are eager to clasp hands across the bloody chasm which has so long divided them.

— Horace Greeley

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