Give up money, give up fame, give up science, give the earth itself an…

Thomas Jefferson
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Give up money, give up fame, give up science, give the earth itself and all it contains, rather than do an immoral act. ✨ Thomas Jefferson (1977). The Portable Thomas Jefferson, p.297, Penguin
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