These are the times that try men's souls. The summer soldier and sunshine patriot will, in this crisis, shrink from the service of their country; but he that stands it now deserves the love and thanks of man and woman. Tyranny, like hell, is not easily conquered; yet we have this consolation with us, that the harder the conflict, the more glorious the triumph...Up and help us; lay your shoulder to the wheel; the heart that feels not now, is dead.
Thomas Paine
"The American Crisis"
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