Who would insure a tender and delicate sense of honor to beat almost with the first pulses of the heart, when no man could know what would be the test of honor in a nation continually varying the standard of its coin?
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- 95% sureThese words were traced back to where they first appeared. That source is listed below.
- Works, volume III; source text line 9746
- Works, volume III; source text line 9746
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