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at every transaction, noted, registered, counted, taxed,
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stamped, measured, numbered, assessed,
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licensed, authorized, admonished, prevented,
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forbidden, reformed, corrected, punished,
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and on the pretext of public utility and in the name of the general
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interest to be placed under contribution, drilled, fleeced, exploited, monopolized,
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extorted from, squeezed, hoaxed, robbed;
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and then, at the slightest resistance,
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the first word of complaint could be repressed,
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fired upon, vilified, harassed, hunted down,
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abused, clubbed, disarmed, bound,
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checked, imprisoned, judged, condemned,