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I cannot live without books (Quotation)

"I cannot live without books; but fewer will suffice where amusement, and not use, is the only future object." - Thomas Jefferson to John Adams, June 10, 1815[1]

 

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References

  1. ^ PTJ:RS, 8:523. Polygraph copy available online at Thomas Jefferson Papers, Library of Congress. Transcription available at Founders Online.

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