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Be mild and firm. Apply your best exertions to put us in a proper posture of defense.

— Edward Rutledge John and Edward Rutledge of South Carolina (1997)

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I always considered an idle Life, as a real evil, but, a life of such hurry, such constant hurry, leaves us scarcely a moment for reflection or for the discharge of any other then the most immediate and pressing concerns.

John and Edward Rutledge of South Carolina (1997)

Oh for a fleet that could look the proudest power in Europe in the face, on this our rightful Western Ocean! But alas, it must be left to posterity — at the age of 50 I can't expect to view it unless from above.

John and Edward Rutledge of South Carolina (1997)

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