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"I have a fine lot of telescopes. I have one with which I can see the Mountains in the Moon."
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"I read the book with interest, but when Jackson was a candidate in 1828 for the Presidency, I opposed him and voted for Adams. I favored a protective tariff."

"Yesterday I staked off the ground on the hill for an orchard. I want to get 1000 apple trees agrowing."

"The Soul of man is made an article of merchandize by his fellow man and can such a land be happy? No! Happyness does not dwell in any land that is scard by the blighting curse of Slavery."

"As for the Pope, I am too old to be frightened by his shadow, and am quite sure his shadow or Substance will do less harm to the liberties of my country than will a party, who seek to acquire political power by exciting religious bigotry in the minds of their duped followers."

"The summer of 1830 I... blasted the tunnel through the rock to take water from the dam above the falls for the mill... In 1831 we lowered the tunnel four feet, and built a new dam across the creek."

"I was glad to hear of that determination as I detest the practice of cousins marrying or any marriage between persons in which there can be traced the most distant relationship. I go for the improvement instead of the deterioration of our race."

"I have always considered that choosing a companion for life was a very important affair and that my happyness or misery in this life depended on the choice."
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"The moon is the same but the observers are different."

"The moon is the lighthouse of love, and as changing as a woman's mind."

"The Dark Side of the Moon is a fine album with a textural and conceptual richness that not only invites, but demands involvement. There is a certain grandeur."

"The moon teaches us that darkness can't hide the beauty of life if we know how to reflect beauty."
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