How sublime to look down on the workhouse of nature, to see her clouds…

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How sublime to look down on the workhouse of nature, to see her clouds, hail, snow, rain, thunder, all fabricated at our feet! ✨ Thomas Jefferson (1829). Memoirs, 2: Correspondence and Private Papers, p.49
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How sublime to look down on the workhouse of nature, to see her clouds, hail, snow, rain, thunder, all fabricated at our feet! ✨ Thomas Jefferson (1829). Memoirs, 2: Correspondence and Private Papers, p.49

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