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Life and Selected Writings of Jefferson

by Thomas Jefferson, Adrienne Koch, William Harwood Peden · 1944

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"Jefferson aspired beyond the ambition of a nationality,

and embraced in his view the whole future of man."

—Henry Adams

From the Trade Paperback edition.

Subject
historyhistoryMore like thisLess of thisbiographybiographyMore like thisLess of thispoliticspoliticsMore like thisLess of thisphilosophyphilosophyMore like thisLess of this
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presidentspresidentsMore like thisLess of thisAmerican historyAmerican historyMore like thisLess of this
Setting
American RevolutionAmerican RevolutionMore like thisLess of thisUSAUSAMore like thisLess of this
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adult
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epic · 756 pages

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