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Washington, not Jefferson, freed his slaves upon his death.
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Stephen Ambrose
Age: 66 †
Born: 1936
Born: January 10
Died: 2002
Died: October 13
Biographer
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University Teacher
Decatur
Illinois
Stephen Edward Ambrose
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Within Easy Company they had made the best friends they had ever had, or would ever have. They were prepared to die for each other more important, they were prepared to kill for each other.
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Crazy Horse saw history as integrated in the present, incorporated into daily life.
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Nothing is inevitable in life. People make choices, and those choices have results, and we all live with the results.
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The great wars of the 20th Century made it into the worst Century ever.
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There are many more want-to-be writers out there than good editors.
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Nixon regarded himself as having been cheated by life. He never got my vote.
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