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What could he understand of that feeling, full of the morning and of the springtime, which heard the cannon boom and the bells ring, with stirring and quickened pulse, in those exultant days?
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gutenberg.orgGeorge F. Hoar: “What could he understand of that feeling, full of the morning and of the springtime, which heard the cannon boom and the…”
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He describes the unique feelings associated with the celebratory atmosphere of early American independence.
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