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The tax which will be paid for the purpose of education is not more than the thousandth part of what will be paid to kings, priests and nobles who will rise up among us if we leave the people in ignorance ✨ Thomas Jefferson (1900). The Life and Writings of ...
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The tax which will be paid for the purpose of education is not more than the thousandth part of what will be paid to kings, priests and nobles who will rise up among us if we leave the people in ignorance ✨ Thomas Jefferson (1900). The Life and Writings of ...

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