It is only as to consequences that I enter my caveat against the too frequent use of those terms on this floor; for there is meaning in those words, 'empire state,' when used among co-estates, more than meets the ear.
Quincy warns against the frequent use of the term 'Empire State,' indicating it carries significant meaning in discussions among states.
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He considered himself placed between two batteries, neither of which regarded him as one of their soldiers.
This error has nowhere been more frequently repeated, nowhere been of more pernicious tendency, than in America itself.
Rather than live otherwise, I would wish to die before my time.
This rendered it more unavoidable that the remainder of the continent should ultimately be ours.
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