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6491. PEACE, With England.—[continued].

The United States and Great Britain ought to wish for peace and


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cordial friendship; we, because you can do
us more harm than any other nation; and
you, because we can do you more good than
any other nation.—
To Sir John Sinclair. Washington ed. vii, 22.
(M. 1816)