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The happiest moments of my life have been the few which I have past at home in the bosom of my family. public emploiment contributes neither to advantage nor happiness. It is but honorable exile from ones family and affairs.   Jefferson, Thomas

Source: THOMAS JEFFERSON, secretary of state, letter to Francis Willis, Jr., April 18, 1790.The Papers of Thomas Jefferson, ed. Julian P. Boyd, vol. 16, p. 353 . Willis served in Congress 17911793. · This quote is about uncategorised · Search on Google Books to find all references and sources for this quotation.

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