Yesterday I staked off the ground on the hill for an orchard. I want to get 1,000 apple trees agrowing. Ezra Cornell Read Quote
I read the book with interest, but when Jackson was a candidate in 1828 for the Presidency, I opposed him and voted for Adams. I favored a protective tariff. Ezra Cornell Read Quote
My dear, the duty that devolved wholly on you in my absence of guiding and expanding the minds of our dear children is a laborious one and a responsible one. Ezra Cornell Read Quote
I have a fine lot of telescopes. I have one with which I can see the Mountains in the Moon. Ezra Cornell Read Quote
As for the Pope, I am too old to be frightened by his shadow, and am quite sure his shadow or Substance will do less harm to the liberties of my country than will a party, who seek to acquire political power by exciting religious bigotry in the minds of their duped followers. Ezra Cornell Read Quote
I have always considered that choosing a companion for life was a very important affair and that my happyness or misery in this life depended on the choice. Ezra Cornell Read Quote
In 1844, there was a balance of perhaps of a couple of thousand dollars on the cr side. Ezra Cornell Read Quote