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No man will ever bring out of the Presidency the reputation which

No man will ever bring out of the Presidency the reputation which carries him into it. – Thomas Jefferson, letter, 1796

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A capacity, and taste, for reading, gives access to whatever has already been discovered by others. It is the key, or one of the keys, to the already solved problems. And not only so. It gives a relish, and facility, for successfully pursuing the unsolved ones. – Abraham Lincoln

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Whenever a man has cast a longing eye on offices, a rottenness begins in his conduct. – Thomas Jefferson

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