John Adams quote: I always consider the settlement of America with reverence and wonder, as the opening of a grand scene and design ...

I always consider the settlement of America with reverence and wonder, as the opening of a grand scene and design in providence, for the illumination of the ignorant and the emancipation of the slavish part of mankind all over the earth.

~ John Adams ~

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