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Music furnishes a delightful recreation for the hours of respite from the cares of the day, and lasts us through life. ✨ Thomas Jefferson, Joyce Appleby, Terence Ball (1999). Jefferson: Political Writings, p.546, Cambridge University Press
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Music furnishes a delightful recreation for the hours of respite from the cares of the day, and lasts us through life. ✨ Thomas Jefferson, Joyce Appleby, Terence Ball (1999). Jefferson: Political Writings, p.546, Cambridge University Press

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