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So you will understand how few lives separate you from the time when our country was born, and the time when all our people were British subjects.
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gutenberg.orgGeorge F. Hoar: “So you will understand how few lives separate you from the time when our country was born, and the time when all our…”
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Hoar reflects on the closeness of American history to its colonial roots.
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