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A man's moral sense must be unusually strong if slavery does not make him a thief.
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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the field of knolege is the common property of all mankind
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