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Every generation needs a new revolution.

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Thomas Jefferson
Age: 83 †
Born: 1743
Born: April 2
Died: 1826
Died: July 4
3Rd U.S. President
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music, drawing, books, invention & exercise will be so many resources to you against ennui.
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The plough is to the farmer what the wand is to the sorcerer. Its effect is really like sorcery.
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