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Such are the excellent provisions of our laws, and the virtuous habits of our citizens, that schools of instruction in all useful knowledge are to be found in every place where they are needed.
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Daggett praises the accessibility of education and the strong moral fabric of Connecticut's society.
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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.
Such is the constant termination of such revolutions, and shall we claim to be an exception?
She boldly proclaimed herself the example of the world, and all nations were invited to see her glory, and enjoy her blessed liberty and her glorious equality.
On similar principles a wise people regard the conduct of other nations, and are solemnly admonished by their example.
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