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CG-NL.777.014
4 Apr 1777:11,21,22,23 (14/699)
An Oration, Delivered March 5, 1777, at the request of the
inhabitants of the town of Boston; to commemorate the bloody
tragedy of the Fifth of March, 1770, by Benjamin Hichborn,
Esq;
. . . [5 columns of discussion of philosophy of the war]
I will explain my sentiments upon this subject, by those of
a friend, in his own words.
'Tis best that reason govern man,
'Tis calm, deliberate, wise,
Yet passions were not given in vain,
Here then the difference lies.
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