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The love of our own state and pride in her history spring largely from the fact that she and her institutions, in birth and growth, are purely American.
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gutenberg.orgJohn Sherman: “The love of our own state and pride in her history spring largely from the fact that she and her institutions, in birth…”
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Sherman articulates that pride in Ohio's history is rooted in its American identity and development.
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