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From the experience of the past we derive instructive lessons for the future.

John Quincy Adams

Inaugural Address of John Quincy Adams · 1825

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Adams, John Quincy. "Inaugural Address." 4 Mar. 1825, House Chamber, US Capitol Building, Washington, DC, USA.

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