The objects of this primary education . . . would be . . . to form the…

Thomas Jefferson
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The objects of this primary education . . . would be . . . to form the statesmen, legislators and judges, on whom public prosperity and individual happiness are so much to depend. ✨ Thomas Jefferson (1990). Public and private papers, Vintage Books
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The objects of this primary education . . . would be . . . to form the statesmen, legislators and judges, on whom public prosperity and individual happiness are so much to depend. ✨ Thomas Jefferson (1990). Public and private papers, Vintage Books

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