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  • The man who stands upon his own soil, who feels, by the laws of the land in which he lives,-by the laws of civilized nations,-he is the rightful and exclusive owner of the land which he tills, is, by the constitution of our nature, under a wholesome influence, not easily imbibed from any other source.

    Edward Everett (1839). “Selections from the Works of Edward Everett: With a Sketch of His Life”, p.62
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