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I agree with Samuel Adams letter to James Warren because its actually realistic then George Washington quote from discussion board 1 back in September revolved around why history matters. "No people tamely surrender their Liberties, nor can any be easily subdued , when knowledge is diffused and virtue is preserved. On the contrary, when people are universally ignorant, and debauched in their Manners, they will sink under their own weight without the Aid of foreign invaders." At first I did not get the last phrase but when i went back and read it I believe from my perspective that it is saying we do not need society or the government to make us do anything. Some of us are naturally ignorant to where it goes in one ear and out the other to the

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