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THE OUTLINES OF SUCH A GOVERNMENT AS
THE PATRIOT FATHERS CONTEMPLATED
AND FORMULATED IN THE DECLARA-
TION OF INDEPENDENCE, WHEN
STRUGGLING FOR LIBERTY.

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"The true Republic is not yet here. But the birth-struggle must soon
begin. Already, with the hope of her, men's thoughts are stirring."-
HENRY GEORGE.

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COPYRAVIT, 1883,
By E. J. SCHELLHOUS.

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It may seem like unwarrantable presumption for a single individual to put forth his efforts to restore to the people their rights by effecting the requisite changes in our government. If I presumed upon my own power or personal influ-. ence, such presumption would not only be unwarrantable, but ridiculous.

My appeal is to you in a common cause; it is to your sense of right, your love of justice; it is in behalf of the innocent, helpless victims to the overpowering greed of corporate rapacity; it is to that just and laudable pride that comes from self-respect and claim to the dignity of true manhood and womanhood.

I appeal to your sense of duty, that everpresent but often feeble voice that speaks to all, that our destiny and happiness are inseparably connected with others; that we can help ourselves only as we help others.

I wish to remind you that our interests are

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