What are the little plus signs for and how to get rid of them? They are at the beginning of some lines of text like this:
+blah blah blah... Thanks -- If ye love wealth better than liberty, the tranquility of servitude than the animated contest of freedom, go from us in peace. We ask not your counsels or arms. Crouch down and lick the hands which feed you. May your chains sit lightly upon you, and may posterity forget that you were our countrymen. Samuel Adams, August 1, 1776 at the Philadelphia State House
