A lottery is a salutary instrument and a tax... laid on the willing on…

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A lottery is a salutary instrument and a tax... laid on the willing only, that is to say, on those who can risk the price of a ticket without sensible injury, for the possibility of a higher prize. ✨ Thomas Jefferson (1829). Memoirs, 4: Correspondence and Private Papers, p.440
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