Where danger called, or civic duties demanded prudence and profound sagacity, this band of patriots appeared in council and in the camp, ready to answer to the roll-call of their country, and by voice and vote set the pace which achieved independence.
This quote emphasizes the commitment and readiness of a group of patriots to respond to the needs of their country during the fight for independence.
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Indeed, he went a step farther in the way of irreconciliation, preferring Hoffman and Tammany, he said, to "the reckless, red-radicalism which rules the present Congress....
Of imposing appearance, he looked like a man formed to rule.
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And, Governor Seward, I have made it, though it be conceited in me to say so.
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