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Or shall we do as our fathers did under circumstances of like trial, when they battled against the powers of a crown?
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gutenberg.orgDe Alexander: “Or shall we do as our fathers did under circumstances of like trial, when they battled against the powers of a crown?”
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In this rhetorical question, Alexander draws a parallel between past struggles for freedom and contemporary challenges.
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