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“We must be free or die who speak the tongue That Shakespeare spake, the faith and morals hold Which Milton held.”
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- Source:
- It is not to be thought of.
- Type:
- quote
- Confidence:
- 0.85
- Indexed:
- 2026-07-04
- Hash:
- b0cbff780b3b3402ac1272c86c369af4ca6dd7a5b4014c8f65cdfd7d72c5cf83
public domain
Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 9th ed. (Little, Brown, 1905), public domain
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