Letters: Selections from the Private and Political Correspondence of Thomas Jefferson, Telling the Story of American Independence and the Founding of the American GovernmentE.M. Hale, 1949 - 374 Seiten |
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... never be offered to another . That she may , I pray most sincerely ; but that she will , she never gave me reason to hope . With regard to my not pro- ceeding in form , I do not know how she may like it . I am afraid not much . That her ...
... never be offered to another . That she may , I pray most sincerely ; but that she will , she never gave me reason to hope . With regard to my not pro- ceeding in form , I do not know how she may like it . I am afraid not much . That her ...
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... never be made up by all the other acquirements of body and mind . Make these , then , your first object . Give up money , give up fame , give up science , give the earth itself and all it contains , rather than do an immoral act . And never ...
... never be made up by all the other acquirements of body and mind . Make these , then , your first object . Give up money , give up fame , give up science , give the earth itself and all it contains , rather than do an immoral act . And never ...
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... never seen before , and shall never see again . In the great cities , I go to see what travellers think alone worthy of being seen ; but I make a job of it , and generally gulp it all down in a day . On the other hand , I am never ...
... never seen before , and shall never see again . In the great cities , I go to see what travellers think alone worthy of being seen ; but I make a job of it , and generally gulp it all down in a day . On the other hand , I am never ...
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