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“As Members of Congress, we should not be using public office for private gain.”

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Sheila Jackson Lee is an American politician who has served as the U.S. Representative for Texas's 18th congressional district since 1995. She is known for her stances on civil rights, judicial, and foreign policy issues. more

“No one should fear to undertake any task in the name of our Saviour, if it is just and if the intention is purely for His holy service. The working out of all things has been assigned to each person by our Lord, but it all happens according to His sovereign will, even though He gives advice. He lacks nothing that is in the power of men to give Him. Oh, what a gracious Lord, who desires that people should perform for Him those things for which He holds Himself responsible! Day and night, moment by moment, everyone should express their most devoted gratitude to Him.”

“Gold is the most precious of all commodities; gold constitutes treasure, and he who possesses it has all he needs in the world, as also the means of rescuing souls from purgatory, and restoring them to the enjoyment of paradise.”

World Needs Mean Soul Gold Treasure Enjoyment Paradise Commodity Restoring Purgatory

Book:Select Letters of Christopher Columbus: With Other Original Documents, Relating to His Four Voyages to the New World

Source: Select Letters of Christopher Columbus: With Other Original Documents, Relating to His Four Voyages to the New World

“Beef also was difficult to be procured and exceedingly poor; the price nearly sixpence farthing per pound.”

Difficult Poor Pounds Beef

Book:The Voyage of the Bounty

Source: The Voyage of the Bounty

“There is a degree of wretchedness and want among the lower class of people which is not anywhere so common as among the Spanish and Portuguese settlements.”

People Want Common Class Degrees Settlement Portuguese Wretchedness Lower Class

Book:Mutiny on the Bounty

Source: Mutiny on the Bounty

“The Cape Town is considerably increased within the last eight years. Its respectability with regard to strength has kept pace with its other enlargements and rendered it very secure against any attempt which is not made with considerable force.”

Years Made Lasts Force Towns Regard Eight Secure Pace Respectability Capes Enlargement Cape Town

Book:The Voyage of the Bounty

Source: The Voyage of the Bounty

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