It is surely time for men to think for themselves, and to throw off th…

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It is surely time for men to think for themselves, and to throw off the authority of names so artificially magnified. ✨ Thomas Jefferson, Henry Augustine Washington (1859). The Writings of Thomas Jefferson: Correspondence. Reports and opinions while secretary of state, p.165
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