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                      | George
                        BancroftBorn
                            October 3, 1800.  Died January 17, 1891. 
                            American historian.  United States Secretary of
                            the Navy during 1845 and 1846.  Authored 10
                            volume History of the United States.
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                      The best government rests on the 
        people, and not on the few, on persons and not on property, on the free 
        development of public opinion and not on authority.   
                          
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