Be not dismayed by a defeat. What is defeat! Nothing but education, nothing but the first step to something better.
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No record of this specific remark exists prior to its use by Thomas Drew, in his book The John Brown Invasion; an Authentic History of the Harper's Ferry Tragedy with Full Details of the Capture, Trial, and Execution of the Invaders, etc. (1860), p. 93