"Posterity, you will never know…" — John Quincy Adams

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后代们你们永远不会知道我这一代人为了保护你们的自由付出了多大的代价我希望你们能好好利用它

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“To furnish the means of acquiring knowledge is the greatest benefit that can be conferred ...”

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