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Quotes from The Modern Reader and Speaker — Patrick Henry

1736–1799 United States

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It is natural to man to indulge in the illusions of hope. We are apt to shut our eyes against a painful truth, and listen to the song of that Syren, till she transforms us to beasts.

The Modern Reader and Speaker (1879)

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Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Patrick Henry (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.