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Quotation from Declaration of the Causes and Necessity of Taking Up Arms by Continental Congress
“close with their last appeal from reason to arms”
Declaration of the Causes and Necessity of Taking Up Arms, The turn to armed resistance (Avalon / Tansill 1927)
The declaration presents the taking up of arms as a response to a last appeal from reason, not as a first choice.
Citation: "close with their last appeal from reason to arms" — Continental Congress, Declaration of the Causes and Necessity of Taking Up Arms, The turn to armed resistance (Avalon / Tansill 1927). (id declaration-of-the-causes-and-necessity-of-taking-up-arms-q2)
