...for though the flame of liberty may sometimes cease to shine, the c…

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...for though the flame of liberty may sometimes cease to shine, the coal can never expire. ✨ Thomas Paine, Bruce Kuklick (2000). Paine: Political Writings, p.53, Cambridge University Press
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...for though the flame of liberty may sometimes cease to shine, the coal can never expire. ✨ Thomas Paine, Bruce Kuklick (2000). Paine: Political Writings, p.53, Cambridge University Press

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