Extract from Thomas Jefferson to Joseph Priestley
| Philadelphia Jan. 27. 1800. |
to all this I add that [. . .] it is deemed to read the Latin & Greek authors in their original is a sublime luxury; and I deem luxury in science to be at least as justifiable as in architecture, painting, gardening or the other arts.
PrC (DLC). Published in PTJ, 31:340.
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