Carolina QuotesI know that sincere philanthropy is earnest for the immediate realization of its remotest aims; but time is always an element in reform.
Andrew Johnson Carolinian
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Andrew Johnson's First State of the Union Address (1865)
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- Andrew Johnson's First State of the Union Address
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- 1865
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