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Chapter V • Page 159: Firm-Set Is Hyphenated and Split Between Two Lines

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for spacing. The hyphen was retained in the clause "eyes flashing and mouth firm-set." • Page 163: worn-out is hyphenated and split between two lines for spacing. The hyphen was retained in the clause "or creaking of worn-out institutions." • Page 182: changed double quotes to single quotes when transcribing: [of the 'present disturbed and disordered state' of government], because this clause is embedded within a quotation. • Page 196: Placed a semi-colon after them; the punctuation mark is unclear in my copy of the book. "Samuel Adams probably preferred not to be forced to print them; knowing their contents, ..."

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