I hope that we have not labored in vain, and that our experiment will …

Thomas Jefferson
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I hope that we have not labored in vain, and that our experiment will still prove that men can be governed by reason. ✨ Thomas Jefferson (1856). The Writings of Thomas Jefferson: Correspondence, p.209
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