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This is the tree where despotism lies concealed....
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gutenberg.orgAlbert Beveridge: “This is the tree where despotism lies concealed....”
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Beveridge uses this metaphor to illustrate the hidden dangers of tyranny.
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That time, however, is unquestionably arrived, and every oppression now exercised on a helpless people depending on our magnanimity and justice for the preservation of their existence impresses a deep stain on the American character.
No man ever bore public honors with so meek a dignity ...
These had power To charm through life and cheer his dying hour.
What a gloom will spread over the nation when he is gone!
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