No duty the Executive had to perform was so trying as to put the right…

Thomas Jefferson
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No duty the Executive had to perform was so trying as to put the right man in the right place. ✨ In J. B. MacMaster 'History of the People of the U.S.' (1883-1913) vol. 2, ch. 13, p. 586
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No duty the Executive had to perform was so trying as to put the right man in the right place. ✨ In J. B. MacMaster 'History of the People of the U.S.' (1883-1913) vol. 2, ch. 13, p. 586

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