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Extract from James Parton’s Life of Thomas Jefferson

If Jefferson was wrong, America is wrong. If America is right, Jefferson was right.

Published in James Parton, Life of Thomas Jefferson (Boston: James R. Osgood and Company, 1874), iii, 165.
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Author
James Parton
Date Range
After 1860
Date
January 1, 1874 to December 31, 1874
Collection
Quotes by and about Thomas Jefferson
Quote Category
Notable Comments on Jefferson

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