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“A weapon that comes down as still As snowflakes fall upon the sod; But executes a freeman's will, As lightning does the will of God; And from its force nor doors nor locks Can shield you,--'t is the ballot-box.”
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- Source:
- A Word from a Petitioner.
- Type:
- quote
- Confidence:
- 0.85
- Indexed:
- 2026-07-04
- Hash:
- 30547c251a6b3b48599b7c240c1a455734bb57c1764bbe453b63a48630fccad2
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Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 9th ed. (Little, Brown, 1905), public domain
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