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Slavery Quotes
drifting from the noses of the cowed, compliant fish. (8)
Transformation Quotes
The old South Boston Aquarium standsin a Sahara of snow now. Its broken windows are boarded (1–2)
Sacrifice Quotes
"Relinquunt Omnia Servare Rem Publicam." (Epigraph)
Perseverance Quotes
Two months after marching through Boston,half the regiment was dead. (25–26)