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America, he said, would never again see such happy days as she had passed under the protection of England.
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Edmund Burke
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gutenberg.orgAmerica, he said, would never again see such happy days as she had passed under the protection of England.
Burke relays Franklin's belief that America would not experience such prosperity again after separating from England.
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