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When the great Frenchnran, Voltaire, who did more fbr human liberty than any army of men in European history, lay dying, that great American, Benjamin Franklin (one of the signers of the Declaration of Independence and one of the foremost founders of this United States), took his small grandson to see him. And the dying Voltaire placed his hand on the boy's head and bade him dedicate his life "to God and Liberty."

For of all things precious to the human heart, the greatest of these is LIBERTY. And the first nation on the face of this earth to proclaim, adopt and defend liberty was the United States. This took place when the Declaration of fndependence was written, signed by the Continental Congress, and became the cornerstone of American liberties.

The greatest thinkers J" ""l n Jnce 1776 have proclaimed that Declaration to be the mightiest and blessedest document ever struck off by tfe fna *of God.

The mighty thinker, Carlyle, said that "Freedom is the one purport, wisely aimed at, of all man's struggles, toilings

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and sufferings on this earth."

Liberty is a word hated by dictators and Communists. Liberty is the blossom and fruit of justice, the perfume of mercy. Liberty is the seed and soil, the air and light, the dew and rain of progress, love and joy.

When the Declaration of Independence was sent to General George Washington, he had his troops paraded and it was read to them amid "tumultous applause." And with regard to that precious document, Thomas Jefferson said: "Resistance to tyranny is obedience to God." And President James Madison said: "It is proper to take alarm at the first encroachment on our liberties."

Jean Jacques Rousseau, honored philosopher, warned mankind that liberty is well worth fighting for, but that once secured and then lost, itis gone forever.

And Abraham Lincoln, apostle of freedom, warned this nation that all the armies and navies of Europe could never (Continued on Page 46)