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It is the early Vocabulary of James Otis, Samuel Adams, Patrick Henry, and Benjamin Franklin; it is the Dictionary of the Revolution; it is the Lexicon of our National History; it is the Thesaurus of Public Acts.
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In this quote, Sumner celebrates the language and ideas that shaped the American Revolution and national identity.
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