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163:. The holy altars of God, which adorned Serbia as flowers for our emperors and kings, are today stables for Turkish horses. The image of our wives, sisters and daughters is trampled underfoot as if we were all real slaves. But, brethren, in the name of the Creator of God and our Saviour, let us rise up in arms! God will help us, and the tsar (Sultan) will approve it because these
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