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Plainly interpreted, it calls George the Third “tyrant,” and announces that the sceptre has been snatched from his hands.
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This quote interprets a verse that criticizes King George III as a tyrant, reflecting revolutionary sentiments.
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But so long as War exists as an Institution this terrible inconsistency must appear.
They belong to a system so essentially irrational, that all the admitted virtues of many of its agents cannot save it from judgment.
Still further: every ship-of-war that floats costs more than a well-endowed college.
The subterfuges of the politician cannot escape it.
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