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I always consider the settlement of America with reverence and wonder, as the opening of a grand scene and design in providence, for the illumination of the ignorant and the emancipation of the slavish part of mankind all over the earth.
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John Adams was a President from United States (1735–1826).

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John Adams lived from 1735 – 1826.