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And aroused by that spirit, there shall spring up the yet unaroused hosts of men that have not bowed the knee to Baal--and we will war it to the knife, and knife to the hilt.
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Henry Ward Beecher
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Beecher invokes a call to action against oppression, inspired by a spirit of liberty.
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