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<add>nor could he, any</add> other than to save the country instead of injuring<lb/> | <add>nor could he, any</add> other than to save the country instead of injuring<lb/> | ||
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the enemy from invading it, he | |||
and for want of the advice <add><del><gap/> intelligence</del></add> | |||
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It is a bad sign when a man holds communication
with the enemy — So any one would might
say, and with reason, who knew so much of the matter and no more.
But why a bad sign? Because it looks as
of the object of the communication were, the same
with that of the enemy, to do mischief to the
country — But where is the badness of the sign,
when no sooner do we know of the communication
than we know the object & the sole purpose and the
object of it, and that object of it was noneither was
nor could he, any other than to save the country instead of injuring
it.
By how much would the the better, if instead of this the enemy from invading it, he and for want of the advice intelligence
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