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Joshua Chamberlain

But the cause for which we fought was higher our thought wider... That thought was our power.

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Joshua Chamberlain is saying that the reason they fought was because their goal was more important and their understanding more expansive than others'. This clear and strong belief gave them the strength to keep going.

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