"The soul that feeds on books alone - I count that soul exceeding small That lives alone by book and creed, - A soul that has not learned to read."

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If any doubt has arisen as to me, my country [Virginia] will have my political creed in the form of a "Declaration &c." which I was lately directed to draw. This will give decisive proof that my own sentiment concurred with the vote they instructed us to give.

— Thomas Jefferson