Henry Childs Merwin
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Thomas Jefferson
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1901
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54 editions
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Thomas Jefferson, (The Riverside biographical series)
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The Patentability of Inventions
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2015
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10 editions
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Dogs and Men
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The Horse
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Aaron Burr
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2008
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20 editions
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Road, Track, and Stable
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2011
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34 editions
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The Horse: His Breeding, Care, and Treatment in Health and Disease
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Aaron Burr
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Aaron Burr
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“When I first entered on the stage of public life (now twenty-four years ago) I came to a resolution never to engage, while in public office, in any kind of enterprise for the improvement of my fortune, nor to wear any other character than that of a farmer. I have never departed from it in a single instance; and I have in multiplied instances found myself happy in being able to decide and to act as a public servant, clear of all interest, in the multiform questions that have arisen, wherein I have seen others embarrassed and biased by having got themselves in a more interested situation.”
― Thomas Jefferson
― Thomas Jefferson
“Another far-reaching law introduced by Jefferson at this memorable session of 1776 provided for the naturalization of foreigners in Virginia, after a two years’ residence in the State, and upon a declaration of their intention to become American citizens. The bill provided also that the minor children of naturalized parents should be citizens of the United States when they came of age. The principles of this measure were afterward embodied in the statutes of the United States, and they are in force to-day. At”
― Thomas Jefferson
― Thomas Jefferson
“He rose as soon as it was light enough for him to see the hands of a clock which was opposite his bed. Till breakfast time, which was about nine o’clock, he employed himself in writing.”
― Thomas Jefferson
― Thomas Jefferson
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