This American government -- what is it but a tradition, though a recent one, endeavoring to transmit itself unimpaired to posterity, but each instant losing some of its integrity? It has not the vitality and force of a single living man; for a single man can bend it to his will. - Henry David Thoreau

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Henry David Thoreau: "This American government -- what is it but a tradition, though a recent one, endeavoring to transmit itself unimpaired to posterity, but each instant losing some of its integrity? It has not the vitality and force of a single living man; for a single man can bend it to his will."

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American	Bend	Each	Endeavoring
Force	Government	Instant	Integrity
Itself	Living	Losing	Posterity
Recent	Single	Though	Tradition
Transmit	Unimpaired	Vitality

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