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When great evils happen, i am in the habit of looking out for what good may arise from them as consolations to us, and providence has in fact so established the order of things, as that most evils are the means of producing some good.
-Thomas Jefferson
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Thomas Jefferson
When great evils happen, i am in the habit of looking out for what good may arise from them as consolations to us, and providence has in fact so established the order of things, as that most evils are the means of producing some good.
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