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Now, in the course of human events, it has become our duty to dissolve the political bands which have hitherto bound us to the old organizations, and to assume a separate existence.
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gutenberg.orgCharles Sumner: “Now, in the course of human events, it has become our duty to dissolve the political bands which have hitherto bound us…”
Editor's note · Context
Sumner emphasizes the necessity of political independence and the formation of a new political identity.
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