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...a Christian Sparta (to use Sam Adams's words), a nation (to use George Berkeley's words) "Not such as Europe breeds in her decay; / Such as she bred when fresh and young." Fifty years before the Declaration signed in Philadelphia, Berkeley had written of a "better Time"...

...and of arts, The good and great inspiring epic rage, The wisest heads and noblest hearts. Not such as Europe breeds in her decay; Such as she bred when fresh and young, When heavenly flame did animate her clay, By future poets shall be sung. In these first five stanzas there is no hint of apocalyptic...

...and of arts, The good and great inspiring epic rage, The wisest heads and noblest hearts. Not such as Europe breeds in her decay; Such as she bred when fresh and young, When heavenly flame did animate her clay By future poets shall be sung. Westward the course of empire takes its way; The four first...

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...at the time of the South Sea Bubble, Bishop George Berkeley celebrated New World virtues: Not such as Europe breeds in her decay Such as she bred when fresh and young * * * Westward the course of Empire takes its way The first four acts already past, A fifth shall close...

...and of arts ; The good and groat inspiring epic rage, The wisest heads and noblest hearts. Not such as Europe breeds in her decay : Such as she bred when fresh and young, When heavenly flame did animate her clay, By future poets shall lie sung. Westward the course of empire takes its way ; The four first...

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