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so colonial governments
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embodied that spirit to a really extreme degree.
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And it's important to realize that
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colonial talk of liberty
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wasn't some kind of colonial innovation.
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It was the most heartfelt of British traditions--
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as I've suggested just in this lecture,
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and as we're going to see in future weeks--
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it's the precise meaning of liberty
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as translated into the colonies from England--
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and as this slowly shifts over time,
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it's going to help raise conflict