I hold the precepts of Jesus as delivered by Himself, to be the most p…

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I hold the precepts of Jesus as delivered by Himself, to be the most pure, benevolent and sublime which have ever been preached to man. ✨ Thomas Jefferson, Henry Augustine Washington (1854). The Writings of Thomas Jefferson: Correspondence, cont, p.185
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I hold the precepts of Jesus as delivered by Himself, to be the most pure, benevolent and sublime which have ever been preached to man. ✨ Thomas Jefferson, Henry Augustine Washington (1854). The Writings of Thomas Jefferson: Correspondence, cont, p.185

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