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America has furnished to the world the character of Washington. And if our American institutions had done nothing else, that alone would have entitled them to the respect of mankind.

Daniel Webster

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Daniel Webster
Age: 70 †
Born: 1782
Born: January 18
Died: 1852
Died: October 25
Diplomat
Former United States Senator
Lawyer
Politician
Salisbury
New Hampshire
America
Entitled
Character
Washington
Nothing
Institutions
Done
Mankind
Would
Respect
World
Alone
American
Else
Furnished

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