Extract from Thomas Jefferson to George Ticknor
Poplar Forest near Lynchburg Nov. 25. 17. |
this last establishment will probably be within a mile of Charlottesville, and four from Monticello, if the system should be adopted at all by our legislature who meet within a week from this time. my hopes however are kept in check by the ordinary character of our state legislatures, the members of which do not generally possess information enough to percieve the important truths, that knolege is power, that knolege is safety, and that knolege is happiness.
PoC (DLC).
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George Ticknor
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November 25, 1817
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