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Apt Quotes by James Madison
- It is a misfortune, inseparable from human affairs, that public measures are rarely investigated with that spirit of moderation which is essential to a just…
- Any reading not of a vicious species must be a good substitute for the amusements too apt to fill up the leisure of the labouring…
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