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America has furnished to the world the character of Washington. And if our American institutions had done nothing else, that alone would have entitled them to the respect of mankind.
America has furnished to the world the character of Washington. And if our American institutions had done nothing else, that alone would have entitled them to the respect of mankind.
Approximate author period: c. 1817 AD · industrial
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- Daniel Webster
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- Approximate author period: c. 1817 AD · industrial
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- Familiar Quotations, ninth edition (1905 printing) (1905 AD)
Completion of Bunker Hill Monument, June 17, 1843. P. 105.
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