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Anonymous, from poem published in historical newspaper.

L'harmonie éternelle, le lien étroit qui tient l'homme à l'ange uni

olive drab

A lived value from Switzerland that has been a cornerstone for Swiss-American activity in Chicago and the Midwest.

Bodéwadmik wgi dawêk shode Zhegagoynak minė wgi kowabdanawa odë kė

A folk song/common saying from French-Americans, traced back to the first settlement of Cahokia, present-day Illinois.

Sarah Kerne (English ceramicist), letter from Peoria in 1850s, born in the English Midlands.

One must not expect all roses and no thorns