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... cause , which I dare more particularly call ours , because I had the good luck to bleed for it . Now , Sir , that France is involved in a war , I am urged by a sense of duty , as well as by patriotic love , to present myself before the ...
... cause , which I dare more particularly call ours , because I had the good luck to bleed for it . Now , Sir , that France is involved in a war , I am urged by a sense of duty , as well as by patriotic love , to present myself before the ...
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... cause is now not only their cause but that of free institutions throughout the world . They should recollect that perpetuity is stamped upon the constitution by the blood of our Fathers , -by those who achieved as well as those who ...
... cause is now not only their cause but that of free institutions throughout the world . They should recollect that perpetuity is stamped upon the constitution by the blood of our Fathers , -by those who achieved as well as those who ...
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... cause , and I shall do more whenever I shall believe doing more will help the cause . I shall try to correct errors when shown to be errors ; and I shall adopt new views so fast as they shall appear to be true views . I have here stated ...
... cause , and I shall do more whenever I shall believe doing more will help the cause . I shall try to correct errors when shown to be errors ; and I shall adopt new views so fast as they shall appear to be true views . I have here stated ...
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George Washington writes his wife of his selection as Com | 3 |
refuses to answer a letter and loses thirteen fine | 9 |
Benjamin Franklin makes a freak suggestion | 15 |
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