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  1. Sep 2017
    1. The causes which led to the separation of the colonies from the British crown have never lacked for a tongue. They have all been taught in your common schools, narrated at your firesides, unfolded from your pulpits, and thundered from your legislative halls, and are as familiar to you as household words.

      They were taught the history of a country, but they were not taught how to treat another human being with respect.

    2. How unlike the politicians of an hour!

      haha...

    3. all will concede that it is a rare virtue, and that when it is exhibited, it ought to command respect

      It is just ironic how minorities were still not being treated equally

    4. With brave men there is always a remedy for oppression.

      Such things has never stopped over the course of history, no matter when, no matter where.

    5. Friends and Fellow Citizens

      Which group does he include the slaves? Is he trying to make a point that slaves are also citizens?

    1. that all men are created equal

      Relate to The Declaration of Sentiments (all men AND women are created equal), which was modeled upon The Declaration of Independence Apparently, the founding authors were actually referring to the white male when they say all "men" are created equal

    2. Declaration of Independence

      The main ideas are from John Locke and the philosophers of the Enlightment