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Excerpt from Quarter-Centennial History of the University of Kansas, 1866-1891
But, while thus engaged in the hard struggles which have always come to those who have the glory Of founding and building new States, they bated not one jot Of hope for the future. With an enthusiasm which was contagious and inspir ing, they fired every newcomer with their own unquenchable faith in the coming glory of Kan sas. They sounded its praises from the Kaw to the Atlantic. The fact that the Territory after a fearful contest had been won as the prize of freedom drew to this soil the high-spirited, brave hearted men and women in whose souls the Civil War had kindled a passion for freedom. They ?ocked hither by thousands, feeling that here they stood on holy ground, consecrated by the blood of those who had fallen as martyrs in the cause of liberty.
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