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Such is the constant termination of such revolutions, and shall we claim to be an exception?
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gutenberg.orgDavid Daggett: “Such is the constant termination of such revolutions, and shall we claim to be an exception?”
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Daggett asserts that the outcomes of revolutions are often predictable and questions the belief in exceptions.
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On similar principles a wise people regard the conduct of other nations, and are solemnly admonished by their example.
Let not then the projector persuade us to adopt his theories with proofs of their danger thus glaring before our eyes.
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.
The people swore eternal hatred to Monarchy, and eternal fidelity to Constitutions, till, heaven, weary of their perjuries, sent them a despot in his wrath.
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