A strong body makes the mind strong. ✨ Thomas Jefferson (1829). Memoir…

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A strong body makes the mind strong. ✨ Thomas Jefferson (1829). Memoirs, Correspondence, and Private Papers of Thomas Jefferson: Late President of the United States, p.287
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