Quote by Ezra Cornell
I was glad to hear of that determination as I detest the practice

I was glad to hear of that determination as I detest the practice of cousins marrying or any marriage between persons in which there can be traced the most distant relationship. I go for the improvement instead of the deterioration of our race. – Ezra Cornell

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