Jefferson's Letters: Selections from the Private and Political Correspondence of Thomas Jefferson, Telling the Story of American Independence and the Founding of the American Government |
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If you think it better to transfer me to another post , my inclination must be no
obstacle ; nor shall it be , if there is any desire to suppress the office I now hold ,
or to reduce its grade . In either of these cases , be so good only as to signify to
me by ...
If you think it better to transfer me to another post , my inclination must be no
obstacle ; nor shall it be , if there is any desire to suppress the office I now hold ,
or to reduce its grade . In either of these cases , be so good only as to signify to
me by ...
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I expressed freely to the President my desire to return . He left me free , but still
showing his own desire . This , and the concern of others , more general than I
had a right to expect , induced , after three months parleying , to sacrifice my own
...
I expressed freely to the President my desire to return . He left me free , but still
showing his own desire . This , and the concern of others , more general than I
had a right to expect , induced , after three months parleying , to sacrifice my own
...
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... own opinions in opposition to mine , would still have commanded my
approbation . A desire of being set right in your opinion , which I respect too much
not to entertain that desire , induces me to hazard to you the following
observations .
... own opinions in opposition to mine , would still have commanded my
approbation . A desire of being set right in your opinion , which I respect too much
not to entertain that desire , induces me to hazard to you the following
observations .
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