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It will smite all the chords with a might to draw forth emotions such as no political struggle ever awakened before.
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He predicts that the struggle for liberty will evoke unprecedented emotions among the people.
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Endeavor, for a moment, by comparison with other interests, to grapple with this sum.
Again I repeat, so long as the War System prevails under the sanction of International Law, these painful incongruities will be apparent.
Nor should we be too impatient to witness the fulfilment of our aspirations.
It is a cause which, though long kept in check throughout our country, as also in Europe, now confronts the people and their rulers, demanding to be heard.
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