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Men and Brothers

           Ihanobbutworktoliveby;andwheerevercanIgo,IwhohaworkedsinIwerenoheighthataw,inCoketownheer?Imak’nocomplaintso’beinturnedtothewa’,o’beinoutcastenandoverlookenfrothistimeforrard,buthopeIshallbelettowork.Ifthereisanyrightformeataw,myfriends,Ithink’tisthat.’

           Notawordwasspoken.Notasoundwasaudibleinthebuilding,buttheslightrustleofmenmovingalittleapart,allalongthecentreoftheroom,toopenameansofpassingout,tothemanwithwhomtheyhadallboundthemselvestorenouncecompanionship.Lookingatnoone,andgoinghiswaywithalowlysteadinessuponhimthatassertednothingandsoughtnothing,OldStephen,withallhistroublesonhishead,leftthescene.

           ThenSlackbridge,whohadkepthisoratoricalarmextendedduringthegoingout,asifhewererepressingwithinfinitesolicitudeandbyawonderfulmoralpowerthevehementpassionsofthemultitude,appliedhimselftoraisingtheirspirits.HadnottheRomanBrutus,oh,myBritishcountrymen,condemnedhissontodeath;andhadnottheSpartanmothers,ohmysoontobevictoriousfriends,driventheirflyingchildrenonthepointsoftheirenemies’swords?ThenwasitnotthesacreddutyofthemenofCoketown,withforefathersbeforethem,anadmiringworldincompanywiththem,andaposteritytocomeafterthem,tohurlouttraitorsfromthetentstheyhadpitchedinasacredandaGod-likecause?ThewindsofheavenansweredYes;andboreYes,east,west,north,andsouth.

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