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Continually since I have been in Switzerland have I been struck with the similarity in sentiment and manners between the Swiss and the Americans—It is impossible this nation can always be kept under, the love of liberty burns too strongly in their bosoms.
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There is an enduring tenderness in the love of a mother to a son that trancends all other affections of the heart
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And if unhappy in her love, her heart is like some fortress that has been captured, and sacked, and abandoned, and left desolate.
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True love will not brook reserve; it feels undervalued and outraged, when even the sorrows of those it loves are concealed from it.
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A woman is more considerate in affairs of love than a man; because love is more the study and business of her life.
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The art of war is simple enough. Find out where your enemy is. Get at him as soon as you can. Strike at him as hard as you can and as often as you can, and keep moving on.
Ulysses S. Grant
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Born:
April 3, 1783
Died:
November 28, 1859
(aged 76)
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