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  • Sin Virginia, como todos debemos reconocer, sin su Patrick Henry entre el pueblo, sin sus Lees y Jefferson en el foro y sin su Washington en el campo de batalla, no diré que la causa de la libertad y la independencia norteamericanas hubiera sido derrotada en última instancia; no, no, no hubo derrota final para esa causa en los decretos del Altísimo; pero debió haber sido retrasada, pospuesta, perpleja y, para muchos ojos y corazones, aparentemente sin esperanza.

    Robert Charles Winthrop (1876). “Oration on the Centennial Anniversary of the Declaration of Independence: Delivered in the Music Hall, at the Request of the City Government, Boston, 4 July, 1876”, p.22
Without Virginia, as we must all acknowledge--without her Patrick Henry among the people, her Lees and Jefferson in the forum, and her Washington in the field--I will not say that the cause of American liberty and American independence must have been ultimately defeated--no, no, there was no ultimate defeat for that cause in the decrees of the Most High; but it must have been delayed, postponed, perplexed, and to many eyes and hearts rendered seemingly hopeless. - Robert Charles Winthrop
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