Agriculture is our wisest pursuit, because it will in the end contribu…

Thomas Jefferson
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Agriculture is our wisest pursuit, because it will in the end contribute most to real wealth, good morals, and happiness. ✨ Thomas Jefferson, Henry Augustine Washington (1859). The Writings of Thomas Jefferson: Correspondence, p.252
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