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It is impiously irritating the avenging hand of Heaven ... to desert those maxims which alone can preserve liberty," he thundered.
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Beveridge emphasizes the importance of adhering to foundational principles for preserving liberty.
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The passions of men stimulate them to avail themselves of the weakness of others.
He has raised the American people in their own esteem, and, if the influence of truth and justice, reason and argument is not lost in Europe, he has raised the consideration of the United States in that quarter of the world....
Heart-breaking and pitiful was the aspect of these soldiers of liberty.
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