It is better to be the builder of our own name than to be indebted by descent for the proudest gifts known to the books of heraldry. (Hosea Ballou)

It is better to be the builder of our own name than to be indebted by descent for the proudest gifts known to the books of heraldry.

Hosea Ballou

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