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Could you see them approach their dust with such language on their tongues, you would see them retreat with horrible confusion from these relicks of departed worth.
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gutenberg.orgDavid Daggett: “Could you see them approach their dust with such language on their tongues, you would see them retreat with horrible…”
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Daggett imagines the shame that would overcome those who dishonor the memory of respected leaders, emphasizing the weight of their actions.
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Such is the constant termination of such revolutions, and shall we claim to be an exception?
If no benefits will result--if much evil will probably ensue--the course of duty and interest is plain.
But mark the issue --Not twelve years have elapsed before she has returned to an inglorious despotism--She has exchanged her Capets for a foreign usurper, with an incalculable loss, and here her history ends.
On similar principles a wise people regard the conduct of other nations, and are solemnly admonished by their example.
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