Oak Island Light
The Oak Island Lighthouse is next to the United States Coast Guard station on Oak Island in North Carolina and is owned by the Town of Caswell Beach.
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Famous quotes containing the words oak, island and/or light:
“Where he swings in the wind and rain,
In the sun and in the snow,
Without pleasure, without pain,
On the dead oak tree bough.”
—Edward Thomas (1878–1917)
“I suggested to them also the great desirability of a general knowledge on the Island of the English language. They are under an English speaking government and are a part of the territory of an English speaking nation.... While I appreciated the desirability of maintaining their grasp on the Spanish language, the beauty of that language and the richness of its literature, that as a practical matter for them it was quite necessary to have a good comprehension of English.”
—Calvin Coolidge (1872–1933)
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—Thomas Mann (1875–1955)