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The Journal of a Voyage to Lisbon
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"For it is very hard, my lord," said a convicted felon at the bar to the late excellent judge Burnet, "to hang a poor man for stealing a horse." "You are not to be hanged sir," answered my ever-honored and beloved friend, "for stealing a horse, but you are to be hanged that horses may not be stolen."
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The dependence of one people upon another, even for the benefits of legislation, is the deepest source of national weakness.
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Born:
April 22, 1707
Died:
October 8, 1754
(aged 47)
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