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I shall enter on no encomium upon Massachusetts; she needs none. There she is. Behold her, and judge for yourselves. There is her history; the world knows it by heart. The past, at least, is secure. There is Boston and Concord and Lexington and Bunker Hill; and there they will remain forever.

I shall enter on no encomium upon Massachusetts; she needs none. There she is. Behold her, and judge for yourselves. There is her history; the world knows it by heart. The past, at least, is secure. There is Boston and Concord and Lexington and Bunker Hill; and there they will remain forever.

Approximate author period: c. 1817 AD · industrial

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Daniel Webster
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Approximate author period: c. 1817 AD · industrial
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Familiar Quotations, ninth edition (1905 printing) (1905 AD)

Second Speech on Foot's Resolution, Jan. 26, 1830. P. 317.

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