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You will think me transported with enthusiasm, but I am not. I am well aware of the toil, and blood and treasure, that it will cost to maintain this declaration, and support and defend these States; yet, through all the gloom, I can see the rays of light...

Portrait and Biographical Album of Mahaska County, Iowa: Containing Full ... - Page 24
1887 - 552 pages
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The Battle Grounds of America, Illustrated by Stories of the Revolution ...

John Frost - United States - 1846 - 252 pages

...gloom I can see rays of light and glory ; I can see that the end is worth more than all the means ; that posterity will triumph, although you and I may rue, which I hope we shall not." On the following day, the 4th, the Declaration was formally adopted by Congress, and proclaimed to...

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