Of all the systems of morality, ancient or modern which have come unde…

Thomas Jefferson
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Of all the systems of morality, ancient or modern which have come under my observation, none appears to me so pure as that of Jesus....I am a real Christian, that is to say, a disciple of the doctrines of Jesus.
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