The good opinion of mankind, like the lever of Archimedes, with the gi…

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The good opinion of mankind, like the lever of Archimedes, with the given fulcrum, moves the world. ✨ Thomas Jefferson, J. Jefferson Looney (2004). The Papers of Thomas Jefferson: 1 October 1814 to 31 August 1815, p.167, Princeton University Press
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