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Extract from Thomas Jefferson to Samuel Knox

Monticello Feb. 12. 10.

the boys of the rising generation are to be the men of the next, and the sole guardians of the principles we deliver over to them.

PoC (DLC). Published in PTRJS, 2:215.
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Author
Thomas Jefferson
Recipient
Samuel Knox
Date Range
1810 - 1820
Date
February 12, 1810
Collection
Quotes by and about Thomas Jefferson
Repository
DLC
Quote Category
Education

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