"those who expect to reap the blessing of freedom, must, like men, undergo the fatigues of supporting it".

This phrase was said by Thomas Paine.

Explanation:

Paine meant that freedom has a high price and is difficult to pay, which can bring a lot of suffering, but it is necessary for everyone to be truly free. With that, he says that Americans must have the courage to face the difficulties that will arise through the process of independence.

- "is not only a luminous passive watcher in the night sky, but it is a powerful force.

it does symbolizes love,   lust   and dreaming and is seen as a power symbolic force that determines and affects human behaviors and reactions.

in the context of the question it does remain you that he events are only taking place at night and the reader of the passage of time."

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