North American Electric

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“The English were very backward to explore and settle the continent which they had stumbled upon. The French preceded them both in their attempts to colonize the continent of North America ... and in their first permanent settlement ... And the right of possession, naturally enough, was the one which England mainly respected and recognized in the case of Spain, of Portugal, and also of France, from the time of Henry VII.”
—Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)

“Welcome to the great American two-career family and pass the aspirin please.”
—Anastasia Toufexis (20th century)

“The widest prairies have electric fences....”
—Philip Larkin (1922–1986)