The arm refuses its office. 'The whole head is sick, and the whole heart faint.' This example of the State of Georgia will be imitated by other states, and with regard to other national interests,--perhaps the tariff, more probably the public lands.
Quincy warns that Georgia's actions may set a precedent for other states, threatening national interests.
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Can you wonder that they shrink from the light of free discussion--that they skulk from the grasp of freedom and of truth?
It prolongs life itself, and enlarges the sphere of existence.
I am determined to get my own living, and to be dependent upon no one.
With a tolerable share of common sense, I hope, in America, to be independent and free.
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