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An honest heart being the first blessing, a knowing head is the second. ✨ Thomas Jefferson (1829). Memoirs Corespondence and Private Papers of Thomas Jefferson Late, President of the United States: Now First Published the Original Manuscripts, p.286
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An honest heart being the first blessing, a knowing head is the second. ✨ Thomas Jefferson (1829). Memoirs Corespondence and Private Papers of Thomas Jefferson Late, President of the United States: Now First Published the Original Manuscripts, p.286

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