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Quotation by Thomas Jefferson
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American Declaration of Independence (1776) published in The Papers of Thomas Jefferson, vol. 1, ed. Julian P. Boyd (1950)American Declaration of Independence (1776), published in The Papers of Thomas Jefferson, vol. 1, ed. Julian P. Boyd (1950)Decalogue of Canons for Observation in Practical Life The Writings of Thomas Jefferson, ed. Paul L. Ford (1899)First Annual Message to Congress, Dec. 8, 1801First Inaugural Address The Writings of Thomas Jefferson, ed. Andrew A. Lipscomb (1904)Related Subjects
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It is while we are young that the habit of industry is formed. If not then, it never is afterwards. The fortune of our lives therefore depends on employing well the short period of our youth.
Thomas Jefferson (1743–1826), U.S. president. Letter, March 28, 1787, to his daughter, Martha Jefferson. The Family Letters of Thomas Jefferson, p. 34, eds. E.M. Betts and J.A. Bear, Jr. (1966).
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