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SCI LIBRARY

The Correspondence of Thomas Jefferson

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STATESMANSHIP AND THE CONGRESS



I will not say that this time, more than all others, calls for the service of every man; but I will say, there never was a time when the services of those who possess talents, integrity, firmness, and sound judgment, were more wanted in Congress. Some one of that description is particularly wanted to take the lead in the House of Representatives, to consider the business of the nation as his own business, to take it up as if he were singly charged with it, and carry it through.

to Barnabas Bidwell, 5 July 1806