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Books may be classed from the ...

Books may be classed from the Faculties of the mind

Thomas Jefferson 2120 quotes

with respect to the distributi...

with respect to the distribution of your time the following is what I should approve. from 8. to 10 o'clock practise music. from 10. to 1. dance one day & draw another. from 1. to 2. draw on the day you dance, and write a letter next day. from 3. to 4. read French. from 4. to 5. exercise...

Thomas Jefferson 2120 quotes

life is of no value but as it ...

life is of no value but as it brings gratifications. among the most valuable of these is rational society. it informs the mind, sweetens the temper, chears our spirits, and promotes health.

Thomas Jefferson 2120 quotes

what are the objects of an use...

what are the objects of an useful American education? classical knowlege, modern languages & chiefly French, Spanish, & Italian; Mathematics; Natural philosophy; Natural History; Civil History; Ethics.

Thomas Jefferson 2120 quotes

I think by far the most import...

I think by far the most important bill in our whole code is that for the diffusion of knowlege among the people. no other sure foundation can be devised for the preservation of freedom, and happiness.

Thomas Jefferson 2120 quotes

preach, my dear Sir, a crusade...

preach, my dear Sir, a crusade against ignorance; establish & improve the law for educating the common people.

Thomas Jefferson 2120 quotes

besides the comfort of knowleg...

besides the comfort of knowlege, every science is auxiliary to every other.

Thomas Jefferson 2120 quotes

ours are the only farmers who ...

ours are the only farmers who can read Homer

Thomas Jefferson 2120 quotes

music, drawing, books, inventi...

music, drawing, books, invention & exercise will be so many resources to you against ennui.

Thomas Jefferson 2120 quotes

Travelling. ... when men of so...

Travelling. ... when men of sober age travel, they gather knowlege which they may apply usefully for their country

Thomas Jefferson 2120 quotes

the study of the law is useful...

the study of the law is useful in a variety of points of view. it qualifies a man to be useful to himself, to his neighbors, & to the public.

Thomas Jefferson 2120 quotes

I join you therefore in brandi...

I join you therefore in branding as cowardly the idea that the human mind is incapable of further advances.

Thomas Jefferson 2120 quotes

the field of knolege is the co...

the field of knolege is the common property of all mankind

Thomas Jefferson 2120 quotes

we defer therefore till this t...

we defer therefore till this time twelve month to avail ourselves of the instruction of that place, and particularly of your kindness in the two branches of Botany and Natural history to which we wish him particularly to apply.

Thomas Jefferson 2120 quotes

letters are not the first, but...

letters are not the first, but the last step in the progression from barbarism to civilisation.

Thomas Jefferson 2120 quotes

in the spring he will attend y...

in the spring he will attend your botanical course. his natural turn is very strongly to the objects of your two courses of lectures, and I hope you will have reason to be contended with his capacity & character.

Thomas Jefferson 2120 quotes

the boys of the rising generat...

the boys of the rising generation are to be the men of the next, and the sole guardians of the principles we deliver over to them.

Thomas Jefferson 2120 quotes

I endeavor to keep their atten...

I endeavor to keep their attention fixed on the main objects of all science, the freedom & happiness of man.

Thomas Jefferson 2120 quotes

no one more sincerely wishes t...

no one more sincerely wishes the spread of information among mankind than I do, and none has greater confidence in it's effect towards supporting free & good government.

Thomas Jefferson 2120 quotes

I hope the necessity will at l...

I hope the necessity will at length be seen of establishing institutions, here as in Europe, where every branch of science, useful at this day, may be taught in it's highest degrees.

Thomas Jefferson 2120 quotes

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