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And yet no victim of those days, sleeping under the green sod, is more truly a martyr of Liberty than every murdered man whose bones lie bleaching in this summer sun upon the silent plains of Kansas.
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This quote asserts that the victims of violence in Kansas are martyrs for liberty, highlighting the gravity of their sacrifice.
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