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IP: WORTH THINKING ABOUT: OUR INHERITANCE
From: David Farber <dave () farber net>
Date: Fri, 28 Sep 2001 12:34:48 -0400
From: Dewayne Hendricks <dewayne () warpspeed com> WORTH THINKING ABOUT: OUR INHERITANCE American Revolutionary leader Samuel Adams, organizer of the Boston Tea Party and signer of the Declaration of Independence, put this value on freedom in the year 1771: "The liberties of our country, the freedom of our civil constitution, are worth defending at all hazards; and it is our duty to defend them against all attacks. We have received them as a fair inheritance from our worthy ancestors: they purchased them for us with toil and danger and expense of treasure and blood, and transmitted them to us with care and diligence. "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 bequeathed 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 in the event." See http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0395825105/newsscancom/ for the biography, "Samuel Adams: The Father of American Independence" by Denis Brindell Fradin -- or look for it in your local library.
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