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Extract from Thomas Jefferson to Nathaniel Macon

Monticello Feb. 21. 26.

but the general fact is I have observed, that at whatever age, or in whatever form, we have known a person of old so we believe them him to continue for ever after indefinitely, unchanged by time or waste decay.

FC (DLC).
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Author
Thomas Jefferson
Recipient
Nathaniel Macon
Date Range
1821 - 1830
Date
February 21, 1826
Collection
Quotes by and about Thomas Jefferson
Repository
DLC
Quote Category
Old Age

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