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Annotation of 43BSD/usr.lib/learn/editor/L51.2c, revision 1.1

1.1     ! root        1: #print
        !             2: How would you look for a blank line?  Do you
        !             3: understand
        !             4: 
        !             5:   /^$/p
        !             6: 
        !             7: Note this command: it looks for the beginning of the
        !             8: line, followed immediately by the end of the line.  If
        !             9: there are any characters in between, it will keep
        !            10: looking for a line with no__ characters at all.  All right.
        !            11: The file "text" contains an extraneous blank line.
        !            12: Delete it and rewrite the file.
        !            13: #create Ref
        !            14:    When the people of America reflect that they are now
        !            15: called upon to decide a question, which in its consequences
        !            16: must prove one of the most important that ever
        !            17: engaged their attention, the propriety of their taking a
        !            18: very comprehensive, as well as a very serious, view of it
        !            19: will be evident.
        !            20:    Nothing is more certain than the indispensable necessity
        !            21: of government; and it is equally undeniable that
        !            22: whenever and however it is instituted, the people must
        !            23: cede to it some of their natural rights, in order to vest it
        !            24: with requisite powers.  It is well worthy of consideration,
        !            25: therefore, whether it would conduce more to the interest
        !            26: of the people of America that they should, to all
        !            27: general purposes, be one nation, under one federal government,
        !            28: than that they should divide themselves into
        !            29: separate confederacies and give to the head of each the
        !            30: same kind of powers which they are advised to place in
        !            31: one national government.
        !            32:    It has until lately been a received and uncontradicted
        !            33: opinion that the prosperity of the people of America
        !            34: depended on their continuing firmly united, and the wishes,
        !            35: prayers, and efforts of our best and wisest citizens have
        !            36: been constantly directed to that object.  But politicians
        !            37: now appear who insist that this opinion is erroneous,
        !            38: and that instead of looking for safety and happiness in
        !            39: union, we ought to seek it in a division of the States
        !            40: into distinct confederacies or sovereignties.  However
        !            41: extraordinary this new doctrine may appear, it nevertheless
        !            42: has its advocates; and certain characters who were
        !            43: much opposed to it formerly are at present of the number.
        !            44: Whatever may be the arguments or inducements
        !            45: which have wrought this change in the sentiments and
        !            46: declarations of these gentlemen, it certainly would not be
        !            47: wise in the people at large to adopt these new political
        !            48: tenets without being fully convinced that they are founded
        !            49: in truth and sound policy.
        !            50: #create text
        !            51:    When the people of America reflect that they are now
        !            52: called upon to decide a question, which in its consequences
        !            53: must prove one of the most important that ever
        !            54: engaged their attention, the propriety of their taking a
        !            55: very comprehensive, as well as a very serious, view of it
        !            56: will be evident.
        !            57:    Nothing is more certain than the indispensable necessity
        !            58: of government; and it is equally undeniable that
        !            59: whenever and however it is instituted, the people must
        !            60: cede to it some of their natural rights, in order to vest it
        !            61: with requisite powers.  It is well worthy of consideration,
        !            62: therefore, whether it would conduce more to the interest
        !            63: of the people of America that they should, to all
        !            64: general purposes, be one nation, under one federal government,
        !            65: than that they should divide themselves into
        !            66: separate confederacies and give to the head of each the
        !            67: same kind of powers which they are advised to place in
        !            68: one national government.
        !            69:    It has until lately been a received and uncontradicted
        !            70: opinion that the prosperity of the people of America
        !            71: depended on their continuing firmly united, and the wishes,
        !            72: prayers, and efforts of our best and wisest citizens have
        !            73: been constantly directed to that object.  But politicians
        !            74: now appear who insist that this opinion is erroneous,
        !            75: and that instead of looking for safety and happiness in
        !            76: union, we ought to seek it in a division of the States
        !            77: into distinct confederacies or sovereignties.  However
        !            78: extraordinary this new doctrine may appear, it nevertheless
        !            79: has its advocates; and certain characters who were
        !            80: much opposed to it formerly are at present of the number.
        !            81: Whatever may be the arguments or inducements
        !            82: which have wrought this change in the sentiments and
        !            83: declarations of these gentlemen, it certainly would not be
        !            84: wise in the people at large to adopt these new political
        !            85: 
        !            86: tenets without being fully convinced that they are founded
        !            87: in truth and sound policy.
        !            88: #user
        !            89: #cmp Ref text
        !            90: #log
        !            91: #next
        !            92: 52.1a 10
        !            93: 52.2a 5

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