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Nothing is troublesome that we do willingly. ✨ Thomas Jefferson (1854). The Writings of Thomas Jefferson: Correspondence, contin. Reports and opinions while Secretary of State, p.402
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Nothing is troublesome that we do willingly. ✨ Thomas Jefferson (1854). The Writings of Thomas Jefferson: Correspondence, contin. Reports and opinions while Secretary of State, p.402

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