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 Nor even is her purpose the glory of Roman ambition; nor "Tu regere Imperio populos"-her memento to her sons. Her glory is not dominion, but liberty. Her march is the march of mind. She has a spear and a shield; but the motto upon her shield is, Freedom, Independence, Peace. This has been her Declaration: this has been, as far as her necessary intercourse with the rest of man- kind would permit, her practice.

My Countrymen, Fellow-Citizens, and Friends, could that spirit which dictated the Declaration we have this day read; that spirit, which "prefers before all temples the upright heart and pure," at this moment descend from his habitation in the skies, and within this Hall, in language audible to mortal ears, address each one of us here assembled, our beloved Country, Britannia ruler of the waves, and every individual among the sceptred lords of human kind; his words would be