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My mind became agitated with the enquiry - why a nation, separated from us by an ocean more than three thousand miles in extent, should endeavor to enforce on us plans of subjugation, the most unnatural in themselves, unjust, inhuman in their operations, and unpractised even by the uncivilized savages of the wilderness?

~Deborah Sampson

Topics: Became Endeavor Enforce Even Extent Inhuman Miles Mind More Most Nation Ocean Operations Plans Savages Separated Should Than Themselves Thousand Thousand Miles Three Unjust Unnatural Us Why Wilderness

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I am indeed willing to acknowledge what I have done, an error and presumption. I will call it an error and presumption because I swerved from the accustomed flowery paths of female delicacy.

~Deborah Sampson

Topics: Accustomed Acknowledge Am Because Call Delicacy Done Error Female Indeed Paths Presumption Will Willing I Am

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As I was born to be unfortunate, my sun soon clouded.

~Deborah Sampson

Topics: Born Soon Sun Unfortunate I Was Born

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In whatever I may be thought to have been unnatural, unwise and indelicate, it is now my most fervent desire it may have a suitable impression on you - and on me, a penitent for every wrong thought and step.

~Deborah Sampson

Topics: Been Desire Every Fervent Impression May Me Most Now Step Suitable Thought Unnatural Unwise Whatever Wrong You

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I take it to be from the greatest extremes, both in virtue and in vice, that the uniformly virtuous and reformed in life can derive the greatest and most salutary truths and impressions.

~Deborah Sampson

Topics: Both Derive Extremes Greatest Impressions Life Most Reformed Take Truths Vice Virtue Virtuous

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Happy for America, happy for Europe, perhaps for the world when, on the delivery of Cornwallis's sword to the illustrious, the immortal Washington, or rather by his order, to the brave Lincoln, the sun of Liberty and Independence burst through a sable cloud, and his benign influence was, almost instantaneously, felt in our remotest corners!

~Deborah Sampson

Topics: Almost America Benign Brave Burst Cloud Corners Delivery Europe Felt Happy His Immortal Independence Influence Instantaneously Liberty Lincoln Order Our Perhaps Rather Sun Sword Through Washington World

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Wrought upon at length, you may say, by an enthusiasm and frenzy that could brook no control - I burst the tyrant bands, which held my sex in awe, and clandestinely, or by stealth, grasped an opportunity, which custom and the world seemed to deny, as a natural privilege.

~Deborah Sampson

Topics: Awe Bands Brook Burst Control Could Custom Deny Enthusiasm Frenzy Grasped Held Length May Natural No Control Opportunity Privilege Say Seemed Sex Stealth Tyrant Which World Wrought You

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I became an actor in that important drama with an inflexible resolution to persevere through the last scene, when we might be permitted and acknowledged to enjoy what we had so nobly declared we would possess, or lose with our lives - Freedom and Independence!

~Deborah Sampson

Topics: Acknowledged Actor Became Drama Enjoy Freedom Had Important Independence Inflexible Last Lives Lose Might Nobly Our Our Lives Permitted Persevere Possess Resolution Scene Through Would

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Such is my experience - not that I ever mourned the loss of a child, but that I consider myself as lost!

~Deborah Sampson

Topics: Child Consider Ever Experience Loss Lost Myself

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As an overruling providence may succeed our wishes, let us rear an offspring in every respect worthy to fill the most illustrious stations of their predecessors.

~Deborah Sampson

Topics: Every Fill Let Us May Most Offspring Our Predecessors Providence Rear Respect Stations Succeed Us Wishes Worthy

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Soldier

Born: December 17th, 1760

Died: April 29th, 1827

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