Difficulties indeed sometimes arise; but common sense and honest inten…

Thomas Jefferson
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Difficulties indeed sometimes arise; but common sense and honest intentions will generally steer through them. ✨ Thomas Jefferson, Henry Augustine Washington (1859). The Writings of Thomas Jefferson: Correspondence. Reports and opinions while secretary of state, p.64
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