The press is the best instrument for enlightening the mind of man, and…

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The press is the best instrument for enlightening the mind of man, and improving him as a rational, moral and social being ✨ Thomas Jefferson, H. A. Washington (2011). The Writings of Thomas Jefferson: Being His Autobiography, Correspondence, Reports, Messages, Addresses, and Other Writings, Official and Private, p.324, Cambridge University Press
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