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“What constitutes a state? . . . . . . . Men who their duties know, But know their rights, and knowing, dare maintain. . . . . . . . And sovereign law, that state's collected will, O'er thrones and globes elate, Sits empress, crowning good, repressing ill.”
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- Source:
- Ode in Imitation of Alcæus.
- Type:
- Book
- Confidence:
- 0.85
- Indexed:
- 2026-07-04
- Hash:
- 35dfef3ef30f9ecdc9abe245ef11024d9f7aa9bb1b366e92d7b378be2d807760
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Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 9th ed. (Little, Brown, 1905), public domain
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