Which sentence in paragraph 3 shifts the discussion to a list of beliefs and feelings that the North and South shared?

One-eighth of the whole population were colored slaves, not distributed generally over the Union, but localized in the southern part of it. These slaves constituted a peculiar and powerful interest. All knew that this interest was somehow the cause of the war. To strengthen, perpetuate, and extend this interest was the object for which the insurgents would rend the Union even by war, while the Government claimed no right to do more than to restrict the territorial enlargement of it. Neither party expected for the war the magnitude or the duration which i as already attained. Neither anticinated that the cause of the

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The paragraph you provided doesn't seem to contain a shift in discussion to a list of beliefs and feelings shared by the North and South. The paragraph mainly discusses the presence and significance of colored slaves in the southern part of the Union, and how this interest was a factor in causing the war. If you have a specific paragraph or sentence that you would like me to analyze, please provide it, and I'll do my best to help.