The only freedom which deserves the name, is that of pursuing our own good in our own way, so long as we do not attempt to deprive others of theirs, or impede their efforts to obtain it. Each is the proper guardian of his own health, whether bodily, or mental or spiritual. Mankind are greater gainers by suffering each other to live as seems good to themselves, than by compelling each to live as seems good to the rest.
— John Stuart Mill
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In 1764, the City of St. Louis was established in Spanish Louisiana.
In 1870, the Stevens Institute of Technology was founded in New Jersey, offering the first Bachelor of Engineering degree in mechanical engineering.
In 1898, the battleship USS Maine exploded and sank in Havana harbor, killing the majority of ship’s crew.
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