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These are the kind of heroes a republic makes, and these are the kind of heroes we worship as one free man may worship another.
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gutenberg.orgJohn Sherman: “These are the kind of heroes a republic makes, and these are the kind of heroes we worship as one free man may worship…”
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Sherman celebrates the type of heroes that a republic produces, emphasizing mutual respect among free individuals.
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