I agree with you that there is a natural aristocracy among men. The grounds of this are virtue and talents.

Thomas Jefferson

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Topic

Natural inequality Virtue Talent

Author

Thomas Jefferson

Medium

Letter

Language

English

Time

1813 1810s 19th century

Occupation

Founding Father American President National leader Politician

From

United States

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Original Citation

Jefferson, Thomas. Letter to John Adams. 28 Oct. 1813.

Current Citation

Jefferson, Thomas. "John Adams, Oct. 28, 1813." The Life and Selected Writings of Thomas Jefferson: Including the Autobiography, The Declaration of Independence & His Public and Private Letters, edited by Adrienne Koch and William Peden. Modern Library, 1998.

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What a stupendous, what an incomprehensible machine is man! Who can endure toil, famine, stripes, imprisonment, & death itself in vindication of his own liberty, and the next moment... Inflict on his fellow men a bondage, one hour of which is fraught with more misery than ages of that which he rose in rebellion to oppose.

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Topic
Duality of man

Author

Thomas Jefferson
Medium
Letter
Language
English
Time
1786 1780s 18th century
Authentication Score 3
Original Citation

Jefferson, Thomas. Letter to Jean Nicholas Demeunier. 24 Jan. 1786.

Current Citation

Jefferson, Thomas. The Writings of Thomas Jefferson: Being His Autobiography, Correspondence, Reports, Messages, Addresses, and Other Writings, Official and Private, edited by H. A. Washington. Vol. 9, Cambridge University Press, 2011.

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When one subtracts from life infancy (which is vegetation),—sleep, eating, and swilling—buttoning and unbuttoning—how much remains of downright existence? The summer of a dormouse.

Lord Byron

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Nature of life

Author

Lord Byron
Medium
Personal journal
Language
English
Time
1813 1810s 19th century
Authentication Score 3
Citation

Lord Byron. Journal entry. 7 Dec. 1813.