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The Duel

Office Ladies

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I'm the Second in My Family

If a man felt like his honor had been insulted, he would tell his second to challenge the offender to a duel. You do not do it yourself. The main duty of the second is to try to create a reconciliation and avoid violence. So for example, James Shields, an Illinois Attorney General, challenged future president Abraham Lincoln to a Duel.

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