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No other sure foundation can be devised , for the preservation of freedom and
happiness . If anybody thinks that kings , nobles , or priests are good
conservators of the public happiness , send him here . It is the best school in the
universe to ...
No other sure foundation can be devised , for the preservation of freedom and
happiness . If anybody thinks that kings , nobles , or priests are good
conservators of the public happiness , send him here . It is the best school in the
universe to ...
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Now let us compute by numbers the sum of happiness of the two countries . In
England , happiness is the lot of the aristocracy only ; and the proportion they
bear to the laborers and paupers , you know better than I do . Were I to guess that
they ...
Now let us compute by numbers the sum of happiness of the two countries . In
England , happiness is the lot of the aristocracy only ; and the proportion they
bear to the laborers and paupers , you know better than I do . Were I to guess that
they ...
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... yourself derived from the same source , a cultivated mind . Of Mr. Cosway I fear
to say anything , such is the disheartening account of the state of his health given
in your letter . But here or wherever , I am sure he has all the happiness which ...
... yourself derived from the same source , a cultivated mind . Of Mr. Cosway I fear
to say anything , such is the disheartening account of the state of his health given
in your letter . But here or wherever , I am sure he has all the happiness which ...
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| Titel | 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 |
| Autor/in | Thomas Jefferson |
| Herausgeber | Willson Whitman |
| Verlag | E. M. Hale, 1940 |
| Original von | University of Minnesota |
| Digitalisiert | 18. Juli 2018 |
| Länge | 374 Seiten |
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