When we came face to face with a colossal civil war of our own, in 1861-65, our foreign relations took such a turn that the American people became the fast friends of Russia, and that sentiment has grown up with the present generation so that the unfortunate circumstances of the past two or three years which have brought an estrangement gave public sentiment in this country a decided and unpleasant shock.
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From General Nelson A. Miles
Thrilling Stories of The Russian-Japanese War, 1904
