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As though there were a tie And obligation to posterity. We get them, bear them, breed, and nurse: What has posterity done for us. That we, lest they their rights should lose, Should trust our necks to gripe of noose?

~John Trumbull

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No man e'er felt the halter draw, With good opinion of the law.

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But optics sharp it needs, I ween, To see what is not to be seen.

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Artist

Born: June 6th, 1756

Died: November 10th, 1843

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