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Quote by John Trumbull
As though there were a tie And obligation to posterity. We get the

As though there were a tie And obligation to posterity. We get them, bear them, breed, and nurse: What has posterity done for us. That we, lest they their rights should lose, Should trust our necks to gripe of noose? – John Trumbull

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