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Perseverance in object, though not by the most direct way, is often more laudable than perpetual changes, as often as the object shifts light.
-Thomas Jefferson
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Perseverance In Object, Though Not By The

Thomas Jefferson
Perseverance in object, though not by the most direct way, is often more laudable than perpetual changes, as often as the object shifts light.
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