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In Europe, they have the military force,--a soulless machine, always ready to be turned against the people who are made to maintain it.
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Mann discusses the military's role in suppressing liberty in Europe, contrasting it with the situation in America.
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Men of Massachusetts! moral and religious men! lovers of freedom and of your country, were you prepared for this?
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