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The summer of 1830 I... blasted the tunnel through the rock to take water from the dam above the falls for the mill... In 1831 we lowered the tunnel four feet, and built a new dam across the creek.
— Ezra Cornell
Tags: summer, feet, new, water

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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
Tags: read, interest, candidate, book
Yesterday I staked off the ground on the hill for an orchard. I want to get 1,000 apple trees agrowing.
— Ezra Cornell
Tags: apple, want, yesterday, hill
There is nothing I have to reflect on that gives me more satisfaction than the fact that my life is insured for the benefit of my Dear Wife and children.
— Ezra Cornell
Tags: my-life, wife, me, life
Enquire what the effect of large endowments are upon colleges.
— Ezra Cornell
Tags: colleges, effect, large
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
Tags: political, i-am, power, shadow
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