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I have now taken a serious task upon myself and I fear a greater o

I have now taken a serious task upon myself and I fear a greater one that is in the power of any man to perform in the given time-but it is too late to go back. – Eli Whitney

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I have always believed that I should have had no difficulty in causing my rights to be respected. – Eli Whitney

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