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My fellow citizens human nature is the same here as in France--Then before you give ear to the songs of enchantment Count the Cost--Before you sell your birthright for a mess of pottage Count the Cost.
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Daggett implores citizens to consider the cost of revolutionary changes before making sacrifices to their rights.
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