I have not by this first act given to the said territory the whole extent of which it is susceptible in the direction of the river, because I thought it important that Congress should have an opportunity of considering whether by an amendatory law they would authorize the location of the residue at the lower end of the present.
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True patriotism is not just a feeling but a commitment to the well-being of our country.
I have always considered marriage as the most interesting event of one's life, the foundation of happiness or misery.
I must not conceal from you my earnest wish that the choice had fallen upon a man less declined in years and better qualified to encounter the usual vicissitudes of war.
An educated citizenry is a vital requisite for our survival as a free people.
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