Can it be that Providence has not connected the permanent felicity of …

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Can it be that Providence has not connected the permanent felicity of a nation with its virtue? ✨ George Washington, John Jay, Jared Sparks (1850). Washington's Farewell Address to the People of the United States of America, p.38, New York : J. Wiley
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Can it be that Providence has not connected the permanent felicity of a nation with its virtue? ✨ George Washington, John Jay, Jared Sparks (1850). Washington's Farewell Address to the People of the United States of America, p.38, New York : J. Wiley

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