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I am not to be intimidated by him, nor by all the Grand Juries of the universe.
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gutenberg.orgJosiah Quincy: “I am not to be intimidated by him, nor by all the Grand Juries of the universe.”
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Quincy asserts his determination to stand firm against intimidation from any source.
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