The American Treasury, 1455-1955Clifton Fadiman Harper, 1955 - 1108 pages Anthology of quotations by Americans, or about America, classified by subject. |
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... THOMAS JEFFERSON , " First Inaugural , " March 4 , 1801 Yet I will not believe our labors are lost . I shall not die ... THOMAS JEFFERSON , letter to John Adams , Monticello , September 12 , 1821 Nothing then is unchangeable but the ...
... THOMAS JEFFERSON , " First Inaugural , " March 4 , 1801 Yet I will not believe our labors are lost . I shall not die ... THOMAS JEFFERSON , letter to John Adams , Monticello , September 12 , 1821 Nothing then is unchangeable but the ...
Page 151
... THOMAS JEFFERSON , inscription on National Archives Building , Washington . This phrase does not occur in Jefferson's writings . The closest quote is from John Phil- pot Curran , an Irish politician , in 1790 : " The condition upon ...
... THOMAS JEFFERSON , inscription on National Archives Building , Washington . This phrase does not occur in Jefferson's writings . The closest quote is from John Phil- pot Curran , an Irish politician , in 1790 : " The condition upon ...
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... THOMAS JEFFERSON , directions for his tomb , found after his death in his own handwriting I have sworn upon the altar of God eternal hostility against every form of tyranny over the mind of man . THOMAS JEFFERSON , inscribed in Jefferson ...
... THOMAS JEFFERSON , directions for his tomb , found after his death in his own handwriting I have sworn upon the altar of God eternal hostility against every form of tyranny over the mind of man . THOMAS JEFFERSON , inscribed in Jefferson ...
Contents
IN GENERAL | 9 |
IN PARTICULAR | 32 |
THINKING CONTINENTALLY | 65 |
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