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• The British dominions are divided from the Spanish Florida by a noble river called St. John's. These rivers fall into the Atlantic ocean; but there are, besides these, the Flint and the Cahooche, which pass through part of Carolina or Georgia, and fall into the gulf of Appellachee or Mexico. —  Biographical Memorials of James Oglethorpe
• When a people who amount to a hundred million souls tolerate the yoke of common slavery in order to prevent the territory belonging to their State from being broken up and divided, that is worse than if such a State and such a people were dismembered while one fragment still retained its complete independence. —  Adolf Hitler's Mein Kampf: The German Post-War Policy of Alliances
• Their claim was in unison with the popular feeling in the South; but elsewhere throughout the nation public opinion was divided, as were also the members of the President's cabinet. —  The Project Gutenberg eBook of Memoir of the Life of John Quincy Adams, by Josiah Quincy
• The Republic of Cyprus entered the EU on May 1, 2004 as a divided island.
• Greek Cyprus joined the European Union in 2004 as a divided island, with Turkish Cypriots being denied the bloc's membership benefits. —  TODAY'S ZAMAN :: News

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