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On this date in 1776,the Declaration of Independence was signed. (It was read to the public on the Fourth, signed on the Sixth. The Founders expected that, if the revolution be* not crushed, the Sixth of July would be the day of celebration.)
George Mason, from the Quotemaster (subscribe here):
We are now to rank among the nations of the world; but whether our Independence shall prove a blessing or a curse must depend upon our own wisdom or folly, virtue or wickedness…. Justice and virtue are the vital principles of republican government.
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*Look, Mrs. Shannonhouse: Subjunctive Voice.
(I wish she could look. Italian war bride to an American GI, graduate of Middlebury College, 12th-grade English teacher, French III teacher. Fluent in English, Spanish, French, and her native Italian–so fluent in Spanish that she could take Spanish shorthand–the best teacher of English I had, and a gentle lady. RIP, Mrs. Shannonhouse. Your students remember.)
