Farewell Address
09/18/1796
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An educated citizenry is a vital requisite for our survival as a free people.
I can not express how greatly affected I am at this new proof of public confidence.
Peace, commerce, and honest friendship with all nations; entangling alliances with none.
It is with peculiar satisfaction I can say, that prompted by a high sense of duty in my attendance on public worship, I ...