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Mercy Otis Warren

The honorable William Penn, late governor of Pennsylvania, was chosen agent to the Court of Britain, and directed to deliver the petition to the King himself and to endeavor by his personal influence to procure a favorable reception to this last address.

– Mercy Otis Warren

Mercy Otis Warren

General Washington had rather incautiously encamped the bulk of his army on Long Island – a large and plentiful district about two miles from the city of New York.

– Mercy Otis Warren

Mercy Otis Warren

On the evening of December 25, General Washington in a most severe season crossed the Delaware with a part of his army, then reduced to less than 2000 men in the whole.

– Mercy Otis Warren

Mercy Otis Warren

Before this address to my countrymen is closed, I beg leave to observe, that as a new century has dawned upon us, the mind is naturally led ot contemplate the great events that have run parallel with and have just closed the last.

– Mercy Otis Warren

Mercy Otis Warren

But truth is most likely to be exhibited by the general sense of contemporaries, when the feelings of the heart can be expressed without suffering itself to be disguised by the prejudices of man.

– Mercy Otis Warren

Mercy Otis Warren

The progress of the American Revolution has been so rapid and such the alteration of manners, the blending of characters, and the new train of ideas that almost universally prevail, that the principles which animated to the noblest exertions have been nearly annihilated.

– Mercy Otis Warren

Mercy Otis Warren

The defeat of the Americans in Canada and the advantages gained by the British arms in the Jerseys, and indeed for some months in every other quarter, gave to the royal cause an air of triumph.

– Mercy Otis Warren

Mercy Otis Warren

The extraordinary exertions of the colonies, in cooperation with British measures, against the French, in the late war, were acknowledged by the British parliament to be more than adequate to their ability.

– Mercy Otis Warren

Mercy Otis Warren

The bulk of mankind have indeed, in all countries in their turn, been made the prey of ambition.

– Mercy Otis Warren

Mercy Otis Warren

Public emergencies may require the hand of severity to fall heavily on those who are not personally guilty, but compassion prompts, and ever urges to milder methods.

– Mercy Otis Warren

Mercy Otis Warren

The love of domination and an uncontrolled lust of arbitrary power have prevailed among all nations and perhaps in proportion to the degrees of civilization.

– Mercy Otis Warren

Mercy Otis Warren

The study of the human character opens at once a beautiful and a deformed picture of the soul.

– Mercy Otis Warren

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