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But say all we done is show the world
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that democracy isn't chaos,
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that there is a great invisible strength in a people's union?
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Say we've shown that a people can endure
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awful sacrifice and yet cohere?
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Mightn't that save at least the idea of democracy to aspire to?
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Eventually, to become worthy of?
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At all rates, whatever may be proven by blood and sacrifice
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must've been proved by now.
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Shall we stop this bleeding?
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Once he surrenders, send his boys back to their homes,
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their farms, their shops.