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What we obtain too cheap, we esteem too lightly: it is dearness only that gives every thing its value. Heaven knows how to put a proper price upon its goods; and it would be strange indeed if so celestial an article as freedom should not be highly rated. Britain, with an army to enforce her tyranny, has declared that she has a right (not only to tax) but \"to bind us in all cases whatsoever,\" and if being bound in that manner, is not slavery, then is there not such a thing as slavery upon earth. 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