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It stimulates the hearts and sharpens the faculties not of our fellow citizens alone, but of the nations of Europe and of their rulers.
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gutenberg.orgJohn Quincy Adams: “It stimulates the hearts and sharpens the faculties not of our fellow citizens alone, but of the nations of Europe and…”
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He notes that the spirit of improvement affects not just Americans but also European nations and their leaders.
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