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Old New-England, that suckled American liberty, is now suckling wolves to devour it.
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Henry Ward Beecher
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gutenberg.orgOld New-England, that suckled American liberty, is now suckling wolves to devour it.
Beecher uses a metaphor to illustrate how New England, once a cradle of liberty, is now nurturing forces that threaten it.
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