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Rh ness of our cities. Should a foreigner ask me to show him the great blessings of our boasted freedom, I would send him on a six months’ tour among the independent yeomanry of our land,—the peasantry, as he would call them Edward, I am a patriot I love my country, and—why should I deny to you?—I love Catharine.’