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Thomas Jefferson: “It is, however, a work of time, as many arrangements are necessary to place our future harmony on stable grounds.”

On the recordDecember 2, 1806
It is, however, a work of time, as many arrangements are necessary to place our future harmony on stable grounds.
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Thomas Jefferson
Democratic Republican · Virginia

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