He who receives an idea from me, receives instruction himself without lessening mine; as he who lights his taper at mine, receives light without darkening me.
— Thomas Jefferson Early Modern

US Founding Father, Declaration of Independence

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Letter to Isaac McPherson

Date / Period

1813

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Strange & Unusual

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https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Jefferson/03-06-02-0238

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