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

Was the government to prescribe to us our medicine and diet, our bodies would be in such keeping as our souls are now.

[Query XVII, “Religion”]

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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
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Religion
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