 | A. J. Langguth - Biography & Autobiography - 1989 - 644 pages
...William Straham: MR. STRAHAM, You are a member of Parliament and one of that majority which has doomed my country to destruction. You have begun to burn our...You are now my enemy, and I am Yours, B. FRANKLIN Even in outrage, Franklin was prudent. The note was not sent. Because of his prestige, the Congress... | |
 | Jay Fliegelman - History - 1993 - 296 pages
...second and third are personalized, and insofar as they beg the question of actual agency, figurative: "You have begun to burn our Towns and murder our People. Look upon your hands!" To authorize a deed is to commit it. Add to this the fact that, as the most recent editor of the letter... | |
 | Nian-Sheng Huang - Biography & Autobiography - 1994 - 304 pages
...166-80, 2jj8n. Mr, Strahan, You are a Member of Parliament, and one of the Majority which has doomed my Country to Destruction. You have begun to burn our Towns and murder our People. Look upon your Handsl They are stained with the Blood of your Relationsl You and I were long Friends: You are now... | |
 | Margaret Connell Szasz - Social Science - 2001 - 400 pages
...she gave every congressman a copy. Embossed in red on the cover were the words of Benjamin Franklin: "Look upon your hands! They are stained with the blood of your relations." Although neither Congress nor the public responded with enthusiasm, her condemnation of the country's... | |
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MR. STRAHAN, You are a member of parliament, and one of that majority which has doomed my country to destruction. — You have begun to burn our towns, and murder our people. — Look upon your hands! — They are stained with the blood of your relations... 
