John Lothrop Motley

John Lothrop Motley (Dorchester, near Boston, Massachusetts, April 15, 1814 and died May 29, 1877, near Dorchester, Dorset) was an American historian and diplomat.

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    Give us the luxuries of life, and we will dispense with its necessaries.
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    Give us the luxuries of life, and we will dispense with its necessaries.
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