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SCENE 7 / 1776 115
HANCOCK, finally:
Put it back, Mr. Thomson. The KinF will remain
a tyrant. 4
Once more McNair goes to ' e calendar and
changes the date-to ULY 1.
Mr. Hewes?HEWES:
Mr. Jefferson, nowhere do you mention deep-sea
fishin' rights. We in North Carolina-
Everyone throws up his hands in disgust and im-
patience.
2, JOHN:
SGood God! Fishing rights! ow long is this pid-
dling to go on? We have been sitting here for three
full days. We have endured, by my count, eighty-
five separate changes and the removal of close to
four hundred words.eould you whip it and beat
it till you break its spirit? I tell you this document
is a masterful expression of the American mind!There is a silence. '
HANCOCK:
If there are no more changes, then, I can assume
that the report of the Declaration Committee has
been-
RUTLEDGE, deliberately: & 3
Just a moment, Mr. President.
FRANKLIN, to John:
Look out.
RUTLEDGE:
I wonder if we could prevail upon Mr. Thomson
to read again a small portion of Mr. Jefferson'se
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