No instance exists of a person's writing two language perfectly. That …

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No instance exists of a person's writing two language perfectly. That will always appear to be his native language which was most familiar to him in his youth. ✨ Thomas Jefferson (1829). Memoirs Corespondence and Private Papers of Thomas Jefferson Late, President of the United States: Now First Published the Original Manuscripts, p.347
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