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Nature intended me for the tranquil pursuits of science by rendering them my supreme delight.
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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Say nothing of my religion. It is known to God and myself alone.
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The declaration that religious faith shall be unpunished does not give immunity to criminal acts dictated by religious error.
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Question with boldness even the existence of a god.
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To learn, you have to listen. To improve, you have to try.
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The opinions of men are not the object of civil government, nor under its jurisdiction that to suffer the civil magistrate to intrude his powers into the field of opinion and to restrain the profession or propagation of principles on supposition of their ill tendency is a dangerous falacy, which at once destroys all religious liberty...
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The genuine and simple religion of Jesus will one day be restored: such as it was preached and practiced by Himself.
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Music furnishes a delightful recreation for the hours of respite from the cares of the day, and lasts us through life.
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A professorship of Theology should have no place in our institution [the University of Virginia]
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