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That we would make at least one manly struggle before we thus surrendered our national independence.
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gutenberg.orgAlbert Beveridge: “That we would make at least one manly struggle before we thus surrendered our national independence.”
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Beveridge emphasizes the necessity of fighting for national independence rather than surrendering it.
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