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6573. PEOPLE, English.—

For the
achievement of this happy event [peace] we
call for and confide in the good offices of our
fellow-subjects beyond the Atlantic. Of their
friendly dispositions we do not cease to hope;
aware, as they must be, that they have nothing
more to expect from the same common
enemy, than the humble favor of being last
devoured.—
Declaration on Taking up Arms. Ford ed., i, 475.
(July. 1775)