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From Quotes by John Sergeant Wise
- My mother was a Northern woman, daughter of Hon. John Sergeant, a distinguished lawyer, and for many years representative in Congress from Philadelphia.
- In the year 1857, passing through Washington on our return from the annual visit to Philadelphia, I had the distinguished honor of visiting a President…
- And let me tell you, you boys of America, that there is no higher inspiration to any man to be a good man, a good…
- In all her history, from the formation of the federal government until the hour of secession, no year stands out more prominently than the year…
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