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" Guard against the impostures of pretended patriotism. "

George Washington

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" There is nothing wrong with America that cannot be cured with what is right in America. "

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" There is nothing which can better deserve your patronage, than the promotion of science and literature. Knowledge is in every country the surest basis of public happiness. "

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