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Patriot, / remember the distinguished / and / gallant services / rendered thy country / by the Patriot who sleeps / beneath this marble; / if thou art honest, generous and worthy, / render a cheerful tribute of respect / to a man / whose generosity was singular, / whose honesty was proverbial; /
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was exaggerating, stating that the statue was "by no means the least effective of the equestrian statues in
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thou art a soldier, / drop a tear over the dust of a Hero, / who ever attentive / to the lives and happiness of his men / dared to lead / where any dared to follow.
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