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The worst of rebels never arm To do their king or country harm, But draw their swords to do them good, As doctors cure by letting blood.
The worst of rebels never arm To do their king or country harm, But draw their swords to do them good, As doctors cure by letting blood.
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- Hoyt’s New Cyclopedia of Practical Quotations (1922) (1922 AD)
Printed page 659 · quotation 19 · Butler · Miscellaneous Thoughts. L. 181.
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