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Idleness is to the human mind like rust to iron.

~Ezra Cornell

Topics: Human Human Mind Idleness Iron Like Mind Rust

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I want to go where I can be of the most service to the general enterprise.

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Topics: Enterprise General Go Most Service Want Where I Can

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I was glad to hear of that determination as I detest the practice of cousins marrying or any marriage between persons in which there can be traced the most distant relationship. I go for the improvement instead of the deterioration of our race.

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Topics: Any Between Cousins Deterioration Determination Detest Distant Glad Go Hear Improvement Instead Marriage Marrying Most Our Persons Practice Race Relationship Which

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I have always considered that choosing a companion for life was a very important affair and that my happyness or misery in this life depended on the choice.

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Topics: Affair Always Choice Choosing Companion Considered Depended Important Life Misery Very

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The summer of 1830 I... blasted the tunnel through the rock to take water from the dam above the falls for the mill... In 1831 we lowered the tunnel four feet, and built a new dam across the creek.

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Topics: Above Across Built Creek Dam Falls Feet Four Lowered Mill New Rock Summer Take Through Tunnel Water

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Enquire what the effect of large endowments are upon colleges.

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Topics: Colleges Effect Endowment Large

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In 1844, there was a balance of perhaps of a couple of thousand dollars on the cr side.

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Topics: Balance Couple Dollars Perhaps Side Thousand

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I read the book with interest, but when Jackson was a candidate in 1828 for the Presidency, I opposed him and voted for Adams. I favored a protective tariff.

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Topics: Book Candidate Favored Him Interest Jackson Opposed Presidency Protective Read Tariff Voted

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The Soul of man is made an article of merchandize by his fellow man and can such a land be happy? No! Happyness does not dwell in any land that is scard by the blighting curse of Slavery.

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Topics: Any Article Be Happy Curse Does Dwell Fellow Fellow Man Happy His Land Made Man Slavery Soul

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As for the Pope, I am too old to be frightened by his shadow, and am quite sure his shadow or Substance will do less harm to the liberties of my country than will a party, who seek to acquire political power by exciting religious bigotry in the minds of their duped followers.

~Ezra Cornell

Topics: Acquire Am Country Exciting Followers Frightened Harm His Less Liberties Minds Old Party Political Political Power Pope Power Quite Religious Seek Shadow Substance Sure Than Too Who Will I Am

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Businessman

Born: January 11th, 1807

Died: December 9th, 1874

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