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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... proposed University . It was not that I think , as some do , that they are useless . I am of a very different opinion . I do not think them very essential to the obtaining eminent degrees of science ; but I think them very useful ...
... proposed University . It was not that I think , as some do , that they are useless . I am of a very different opinion . I do not think them very essential to the obtaining eminent degrees of science ; but I think them very useful ...
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... proposed , as a compromise , that two slaves should be counted as one freeman . He affirmed that slaves did not do as much work as freemen , and doubted if two effected more than one ; that this was proved by the price of labor ; the ...
... proposed , as a compromise , that two slaves should be counted as one freeman . He affirmed that slaves did not do as much work as freemen , and doubted if two effected more than one ; that this was proved by the price of labor ; the ...
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... proposed , by inserting the word " Jesus Christ , " so that it should read , “ a departure from the plan of Jesus Christ , the holy author of our religion " ; the insertion was rejected by a great majority , in proof that they meant to ...
... proposed , by inserting the word " Jesus Christ , " so that it should read , “ a departure from the plan of Jesus Christ , the holy author of our religion " ; the insertion was rejected by a great majority , in proof that they meant to ...
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