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You do not regard any of your rights, then, as destroyed or imperiled by your rebellion?
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Whitelaw Reid
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gutenberg.orgWhitelaw Reid: “You do not regard any of your rights, then, as destroyed or imperiled by your rebellion?”
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Reid challenges the notion that rebellion affects the rights of individuals.
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