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“Indeed, the Englishman's history of New England commences only when it ceases to be New France.”

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Our inventions are wont to be pretty toys, which distract our attention from serious things. They are but improved means to an unimproved end.

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A traveler who looks at things with an impartial eye may see what the oldest inhabitant has not observed.

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I had three chairs in my house; one for solitude, two for friendship, three for society.

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The still youthful energies of the globe have only to be directed in their proper channel.

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Concord's little arch does not span all our fate, nor is what transpires under it law for the universe.

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Without a function, we cease to be. So, I will write till I die.

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To write is to make oneself the echo of what cannot cease speaking.

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When fear ceases to scare you, it cannot stay.

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