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Quote by Catharine Macaulay
I would with pleasure sacrifice my life to be of any real use to the public cause of freedom.
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The speaker says they would gladly give up their life if doing so would genuinely help the public cause of freedom. The emphasis is on useful sacrifice: personal survival matters less than making a real contribution to freedom shared by the wider public.
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- Founders Online, National Archives
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- Official Statement
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