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Sixteen millions of Anglo-Saxons unable to subdue, in five years, by force and by fraud, by secret treachery and by open war, sixteen hundred savage warriors!
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gutenberg.orgJosiah Quincy: “Sixteen millions of Anglo-Saxons unable to subdue, in five years, by force and by fraud, by secret treachery and by open…”
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Quincy highlights the inability of a large population to defeat a small group of warriors, emphasizing the futility of the conflict.
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