Extract from Thomas Jefferson to Charles Holt, 23 Nov. 1810 [Quote]

Monticello¹ Nov. 23. 10.

I am now at that period of life when tranquility, and a retirement from the passions which disturb it, constitute the summum bonum.

RC (ViU: TJP). PoC (DLC). Published in PTRJS, 3:227.

¹Manuscript: “Montiello.”

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