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Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - The Founding of Acadia National Park

"There is a certain irony here, because in a way they were trying to protect the island both for and from themselves."

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Maine's Road to Statehood - The Missouri Compromise: A Moral Dilemma

"Maine Historical Society The irony of this situation, however, had little impact on the closed-door politics in Washington in 1820."

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Skowhegan Community History - A Brief History of the Skowhegan Area

"Their cruel and tragic end was a bitter irony considering the moral teachings of the Puritans that the New England people were supposed to exemplify."