Legislators invent too many devices for subdividing property, only tak…

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Legislators invent too many devices for subdividing property, only taking care to let their subdivisions go hand in hand with the natural affections of the human mind. ✨ Thomas Jefferson, Jean M. Yarbrough (1963). The Essential Jefferson, p.154, Hackett Publishing
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Legislators invent too many devices for subdividing property, only taking care to let their subdivisions go hand in hand with the natural affections of the human mind. ✨ Thomas Jefferson, Jean M. Yarbrough (1963). The Essential Jefferson, p.154, Hackett Publishing

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