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Fruits of your own Induſtry. In fine, it ſcarce coſts you any thing to maintain that precious Liberty, which great Nations cannot preſerve but by ſubmitting to the moſt exorbitant Taxes.
Long therefore may flouriſh, for the Happineſs of its Citizens, and the Example of Mankind, a Republic ſo wiſely and ſo happily conſtituted! This is the only Wiſh left you to make, the only thing left you to think of. On you alone it for the future depends, (not to make yourſelves happy, your Anceſtors have ſaved you that trouble) but, by uſing it wiſely, to make your Happineſs laſting. 'Tis on
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