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Thomas Jefferson

Author · Inventor 1743–1826

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About Thomas Jefferson

Founding Father, U.S. president from 1801 to 1809 (1743–1826)

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“I like the dreams of the future better than the history of the past.”

“I cannot live without books; but fewer will suffice where amusement, and not use, is the only future object.”