"I determined to abridge in a common place book, every thing of value which I read."
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On July 4th, 1776, the Second Continental Congress formally adopted the Declaration of Independence. Exactly fifty years later, its author, Thomas Jefferson (1743-1826) died on July 4th, 1826—waiting to see one more birthday of the country he helped to found. This week—two hundred and fify years after the Declaration—we celebrate America: the improbable…
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