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The constitutional freedom of religion is the most inalienable and sacred of all human rights
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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I never before knew the full value of trees. Under them I breakfast, dine, write, read and receive my company.
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The colleges of Edinburgh and Geneva as seminaries of science, are considered as the two eyes of Europe. While Great Britain and America give the preference to the former, all other countries give it to the latter.
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Games played with the ball, and others of that nature, are too violent for the body and stamp no character on the mind.
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