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Extract from Thomas Jefferson to John Adams

Monticello Oct. 14. 16.

Bonaparte, with his repeated derisions of Ideologists (squinting at this author) has by this time felt that true wisdom does not lie in mere practice without principle.

RC (MHi: Adams Papers). PoC (DLC).
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Author
Thomas Jefferson
Recipient
John Adams
Date Range
1810 - 1820
Date
October 14, 1816
Collection
Quotes by and about Thomas Jefferson
Repository
MHi
DLC
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