The systematic perseverance of the enemy in courting the aid of the savages in all quarters had the natural effect of kindling their ordinary propensity to war into a passion.
James Madison: “The systematic perseverance of the enemy in courting the aid of the savages in all quarters had the natural effect of…”
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