There is nothing which can better deserve your patronage, than the pro…

George Washington
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There is nothing which can better deserve your patronage, than the promotion of science and literature. Knowledge is in every country the surest basis of public happiness. ✨ George Washington, Jared Sparks (1838). The Writings of George Washington: Being His Correspondence, Addresses, Messages, and Other Papers, Official and Private, p.9
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