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" ... and thanks of man and woman. Tyranny, like hell, is not easily conquered; yet we have this consolation with us, that the harder the conflict, the more glorious the triumph. What we obtain too cheap, we esteem too lightly: it is dearness only that... "
Cobbett's Weekly Political Register - Page 545
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The Wonderful Story of Washington: And the Meaning of His Life for the Youth ...

Charles McClellan Stevens - 1917 - 222 pages
...we esteem too lightly: 'tis dearness only that gives everything its value. "Heaven knows how to put a proper price upon its goods; and it would be strange indeed if so celestial article as freedom should not be highly rated." Washington's labor was likewise lightened by the inspiring...
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The Bookman: A Literary Journal, Volume 47

Literature - 1918 - 738 pages
...we esteem too lightly: it is dearness only that gives everything its value. Heaven knows how to put a proper price upon its goods; and it would be strange indeed if so celestial an article as frrnlnm should not be highly rated. • • • Thomas Paine is too little known in America,...
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Catholic World, Volume 107

1918 - 880 pages
...we esteem too lightly; it is dearness only that gives everything its value. Heaven knows how to put a proper price upon its goods; and it would be strange, indeed, if so celestial an article as freedom should not be highly rated." Paine's Common Sense is lauded as a forerunner of our...
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Catholic World, Volume 107

1918 - 918 pages
...we esteem too lightly; it is dearness only that gives everything its value. Heaven knows how to put a proper price upon its goods; and it would be strange, indeed, if so celestial an article as freedom should not be highly rated." Paine's Common Sense is lauded as a forerunner of our...
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Western Journal of Education, Volume 24

Education - 1918 - 224 pages
...we esteem too lightly; 'tis dearness only that gives everything its value. Heaven knows how to put a proper price upon its goods; and it would be strange, indeed, if so celestial an article as freedom should not be highly rated." — Thomas Paine, 1776. presence of men of larger experience...
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The Call to Young India

Lajpat Rai (Lala) - India - 1920 - 370 pages
...triumph. What we obtain too cheaply, we esteem too lightly; it is dearnesss only that gives everything its value. Heaven knows how to set a proper price upon its goods ; and it would have been strange if so celestial an article as freedom should not be highly rated." He did not underrate...
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The Story of Our Literature: An Interpretation of the American Spirit

John Louis Haney - American literature - 1923 - 492 pages
...we esteem too lightly; it is dearness only that gives everything its value. Heaven knows how to put a proper price upon its goods; and it would be strange indeed if so celestial an article as FREEDOM should not be highly rated. After America won her independence by force of arms...
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American Review, Volumes 2-4

Vivian Trow Thayer - American literature - 1926 - 630 pages
...we esteem too lightly. 'Tis dearness only that gives everything its value. Heaven knows how to put a proper price upon its goods : and it would be strange indeed if so celestial an article as Freedom should not be highly rated. . . . There is no cause for fear. We can open the next...
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The Life of John W. Davis

Theodore A. Huntley - Diplomats - 1924 - 348 pages
...we esteem too lightly. 'Tis clearness only that gives everything its value. Heaven knows how to put a proper price upon its goods; and it would be strange indeed if so celestial an article as freedom should not be highly rated." In the name of our God have we set up our banner. Let...
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A Short History of the American People, Volume 1

Robert Granville Caldwell - United States - 1925 - 578 pages
...But those who were faithful now, would deserve the love of man and woman. "Heaven knows how to put a proper price upon its goods; and it would be strange indeed if so celestial an article as Freedom should not be highly rated." Washington had just been reenforced by the men whom...
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