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Sink or swim, live or die, survive or perish with my country is my unalterable determination.
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Seward expresses his unwavering commitment to his country, regardless of the consequences.
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No German Prince could now send a man, or a musket, to war against its principles.
Now is the time to exterminate that monster, called party spirit.
Columbia, great Republic, thou art blest, While Empires droop, and Monarchs sink to rest.
Fellow-citizens: I will detain you no longer by this faint and feeble tribute to the illustrious dead.
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