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A superfluity of wealth, and a train of domestic slaves, naturally banish a sense of general liberty, and nourish the seeds of that kind of independence that usually terminates in aristocracy.

Mercy Otis Warren

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Mercy Otis Warren
Age: 86 †
Born: 1728
Born: September 14
Died: 1814
Died: October 19
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