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Extract from Thomas Jefferson to Thomas Law

Poplar Forest near Lynchburg. June 13. 14.

nature hath implanted in our breasts a love of others, a sense of duty to them, a moral instinct in short, which prompts us irresistibly to feel and to succor their distresses

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Author
Thomas Jefferson
Recipient
Thomas Law
Date Range
1810 - 1820
Date
June 13, 1814
Collection
Quotes by and about Thomas Jefferson
Repository
ViU
Quote Category
Citizen Leadership

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