I always consider the settlement of America with reverence and wonder,…

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I always consider the settlement of America with reverence and wonder, as the opening of a grand scene and design in providence, for the illumination of the ignorant and the emancipation of the slavish part of mankind all over the earth. ✨ John Adams (2004). The Portable John Adams, p.214, Penguin
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I always consider the settlement of America with reverence and wonder, as the opening of a grand scene and design in providence, for the illumination of the ignorant and the emancipation of the slavish part of mankind all over the earth. ✨ John Adams (2004). The Portable John Adams, p.214, Penguin

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