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Let us forget the other names of American statesmen, that have been…
Quote byNathaniel Hawthorne · 1804–1864
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: "Sketches from Memory": The Notch of the White Mountains (1835).
English (original)
Let us forget the other names of American statesmen, that have been stamped upon these hills, but still call the loftiest — WASHINGTON. Mountains are Earth's undecaying monuments. They must stand while she endures, and never should be consecrated to the mere great men of their own age and country, but to the mighty ones alone, whose glory is universal, and whom all time will render illustrious.
— Nathaniel Hawthorne
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