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6250. OPINION (Public), Degeneracy.—
It is the manners and spirit of a people
which preserve a republic in vigor. A degeneracy
in these is a canker which soon eats
to the heart of its laws and constitution.—
Notes on Virginia. Washington ed. viii, 406.
Ford ed., iii, 269.
(1782)
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