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For my part, whatever anguish of spirit it may cost, I am willing to know the whole truth to know the worst and provide for it.

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Patrick Henry
Age: 63 †
Born: 1736
Born: May 29
Died: 1799
Died: June 6
Governor Of Virginia
Lawyer
Politician
Slaveholder
Hanover County
Virginia
Henry
Whatever
Anguish
Spirit
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Truth
Provide
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Honesty
May
Integrity
Whole
Cost
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Worst
Sirens

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