I look to the diffusion of light and education as the resource most to…

Thomas Jefferson
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I look to the diffusion of light and education as the resource most to be relied on for ameliorating the condition, promoting the virtue and advancing the happiness of man. ✨ Thomas Jefferson (1861). Correspondence. Reports and opinions while secretarry of state, p.263
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I look to the diffusion of light and education as the resource most to be relied on for ameliorating the condition, promoting the virtue and advancing the happiness of man. ✨ Thomas Jefferson (1861). Correspondence. Reports and opinions while secretarry of state, p.263

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