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Let the human mind loose. It must be loose. It will be loose. Superstition and dogmatism cannot confine it.

John Adams

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John Adams
Age: 90 †
Born: 1735
Born: October 19
Died: 1826
Died: July 4
2Nd U.S. President
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Braintree
Massachusetts
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