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1850 John Godfrey Saxe
"If Prometheus was worthy of the wrath of heaven for kindling the first fire
upon earth, how ought all the gods honor the men who make it their professional
business to put it out?"
1850 Life
and Liberty in America by Charles Mackay
"Whatever the American's are proud of - whatever they consider to be
particularly good, useful, brilliant, or characteristic of themselves or their
climate, they designate, half in jets, though scarcely half in earnest, as an
'institution.' Thus the memory of George Washington ... is an institution; the
Falls of Niagara are an institution; the Plymouth Rock, on which the Pilgrim
Fathers first set foot, is an institution ...; 'Sweet Potatoes' are an
institution, and Pumpkin pie is an institution; ... squash is an institution;
Bunker Hill is an institution; and the firemen of New York are a great
institution."
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