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No; we and they, and what little we have gained by hard labour and industry, must bear the brunt: the weight of contributions, extorted by the enemy (as it is of taxes among ourselves) must be surely borne by us.
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Franklin points out the burden of contributions that the common people must bear during conflict.
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