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 $(document).ready(function () {
                $("#myButton").click(function () {
                    $("#targetP").clone().appendTo($('#targetDiv'));
                });
            });

<html>
        <head>
        <title>clone</title>
        </head>
        <body>
        <p id="targetP">Jquery is amazing.</p>
        <div id="targetDiv"></div>
        <input type="button" id="myButton" value="Clone"/>
        </body>
        </html>