this interesting subject, which, if the condition of man is to be prog…

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this interesting subject, which, if the condition of man is to be progressively ameliorated, as we fondly hope and believe, is to be the chief instrument in effecting it. ✨ Thomas Jefferson (1861). Correspondence. Reports and opinions while secretarry of state, p.106
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this interesting subject, which, if the condition of man is to be progressively ameliorated, as we fondly hope and believe, is to be the chief instrument in effecting it. ✨ Thomas Jefferson (1861). Correspondence. Reports and opinions while secretarry of state, p.106

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