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But after the spirit of conquest had changed the first governments, all the succeeding ones have, in general, proved one continued series of injustice, which has reigned in all countries for almost four thousand years.
Ezra Stiles
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Ezra Stiles
Age: 67 †
Born: 1727
Born: December 10
Died: 1795
Died: May 12
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