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Extract from Thomas Jefferson to John Adams

Monticello May 27. 95.

the more ignorant we become the less value we set on science, & the less inclination we shall have to seek it.

PrC (DLC). Published in PTJ, 28:363.
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Author
Thomas Jefferson
Recipient
John Adams
Date Range
1791 - 1800
Date
May 27, 1795
Collection
Quotes by and about Thomas Jefferson
Repository
DLC
Quote Category
Education
Nature and the Environment
Reason
Science

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