“It would be superfluous in me to point out to your Lordship that this is war.”

— Charles Francis Adams

Dispatch to John Russell at a period of diplomatic tensions between the US and Britain during the US Civil War (5 September 1863); more information on the significance of this statement is available at "The American Question Abroad in the Civil War" http://www.civilwarhome.com/americanquestion4.htm

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American historical editor, politician and diplomat (1807-1… 1807–1886

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