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A state of excitation in response or opposition to another such state..
[…] that he will calmly see them beaten down by the excitement of terror, and will make no effort to raise them up by the counterexcitement of enthusiasm; […]
As things now stand, excitement can have no effect but to create counterexcitement, and probably delay still further the object of all parties, that is, a pacific and immediate adjustment of the controversy.
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Counterexcitement means A state of excitation in response or opposition to another such state..
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[…] that he will calmly see them beaten down by the excitement of terror, and will make no effort to raise them up by the counterexcitement of enthusiasm; […]
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