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Extract from Thomas Jefferson’s Notes on the State of Virginia

The Natural bridge, the most sublime of Nature’s works ... so beautiful an arch, so elevated, so light, and springing as it were up to heaven, the rapture of the spectator is really indescribable!

[Query V, “Cascades”]

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Author
Thomas Jefferson
Date Range
1771 - 1790
Date
January 1, 1782 to December 31, 1782
Collection
Quotes by and about Thomas Jefferson
Quote Category
Nature and the Environment

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