It will bring an everlasting mark of
infamy on the present generation, enlightened as it is, if we should
suffer them to be wrested from us by violence without a struggle; or be
cheated out of them by the artifices of false and designing men.
Of the latter we are in most danger at
present: Let us therefore be aware of it. Let us contemplate our
forefathers and posterity; and resolve to maintain the rights bequeath’d
to us from the former, for the sake of the latter. — Instead of sitting
down satisfied with the efforts we have already made, which is the wish
of our enemies, the necessity of the times, more than ever, calls for
our utmost circumspection, deliberation, fortitude, and perseverance.
Let us remember that “if we suffer tamely a
lawless attack upon our liberty, we encourage it, and involve others in
our doom.” It is a very serious consideration, which should deeply
impress our minds, that millions yet unborn may be the miserable sharers
of the event.
Sam Adams, 1771
Read that again, RoJo and Ribble. Or have it read TO you by someone who understands it.
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