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Let us have one by which our lives, liberties, and properties will be secured, or let us know the worst at once....
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gutenberg.orgAlbert Beveridge: “Let us have one by which our lives, liberties, and properties will be secured, or let us know the worst at once....”
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Beveridge calls for a system that guarantees the security of lives, liberties, and properties.
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