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XVIII.
[Where is the man who, if his heart were whole]
Where is the man who, if his heart were whole,Would yield a treasure which he still might guard,
Enough contented, if he afterward
Might live upon the robber's alms and dole?
Or who were of so servile base a soul,
Because fair terms were offered of the foe,
To render up the fort without a blow,
Whence he might check the invader and control?
And nations that at danger's front so quail,
Even this their miserable hope shall fail;
One lesson History bids them lay to heart,
One truth in hours of peril to recall—
They struggle vainly to preserve a part,
Who have not courage to contend for all.
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