"One can not be an American by going about saying that one is an American. It is necessary to feel America, like America, love America and then work."

Love, Work, America

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"One can not be an American by going about saying that one is an American. It is necessary to feel America, like America, love America and then work."

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"When love has fused and mingled two beings in a sacred and angelic unity, the secret of life has been discovered so far as they are concerned; they are no longer anything more than the two boundaries of the same destiny; they are no longer anything but the two wings of the same spirit. Love, soar."

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