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If the children are untaught, their ignorance and vices will in future life cost us much dearer in their consequences than it would have done in their correction by a good education.
Thomas Jefferson
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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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We confide in our strength, without boasting of it, we respect that of others, without fearing it.
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Travelling. ... when men of sober age travel, they gather knowlege which they may apply usefully for their country
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