The Giver of life gave it for happiness and not for wretchedness. ✨ Th…

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The Giver of life gave it for happiness and not for wretchedness. ✨ Thomas Jefferson, Henry Augustine Washington (1858). The life and letters of Thomas Jefferson: being his autobiography and select correspondence, from original manuscripts, p.319
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