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“I cannot consent that my mortal body shall be laid in a repository prepared for an Emperor or a King—my republican feelings and principles forbid it—the simplicity of our system of government forbids it.”
—Andrew Jackson (1767–1845)
“Itt is verry true, as the Welchman sayd,
Couetousness getts no gaine.”
—Unknown. Sir Andrew Barton. . .
English and Scottish Ballads (The Poetry Bookshelf)
“Oh, write of me, not “Died in bitter pains,”
But “Emigrated to another star!””
—Helen Hunt Jackson (1830–1885)