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He must be cold indeed, who can look upon its folds rippling in the breeze without pride of country.
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He expresses the deep emotional connection people have with their national flag.
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More precious far at that moment the consolation that he had labored for his fellow-men, and the joyous confidence that all his cares had helped the Progress of his race!
The first is a heavenly sentiment, from God: the other is a device of this world.
This will be the FREEDOM POWER, whose single object will be to resist the SLAVE POWER.
Let us at all hazards prevent the extension of Slavery and the increase of the Slave Power.
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