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The Jeffersonian cyclopedia;

a comprehensive collection of the views of Thomas Jefferson classified and arranged in alphabetical order under nine thousand titles relating to government, politics, law, education, political economy, finance, science, art, literature, religious freedom, morals, etc.;
Jefferson, Thomas (1743-1826)
  
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PREFACE
  
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
  
CHRONOLOGY OF THOMAS JEFFERSON
  
LIST OF PATRONS
  
THE JEFFERSON CYCLOPEDIA
  
PLAN OF THE WORK AND EXPLANATION OF ABBREVIATIONS

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APPENDIX
  
CONTENTS
  
REPLY TO LORD NORTH'S CONCILIATORY PROPOSITION
  
COMMITTEES OF CORRESPONDENCE
  
A SUMMARY VIEW OF THE RIGHTS OF BRITISH AMERICA
  
DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE
  
PREAMBLE TO THE VIRGINIA CONSTITUTION
  
DEBATES ON THE ARTICLES OF CONFEDERATION
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A BILL FOR ESTABLISHING RELIGIOUS FREEDOM
  
KENTUCKY RESOLUTIONS
  
FIRST INAUGURAL ADDRESS, March 4, 1801
  
SECOND INAUGURAL ADDRESS, March 4, 1805
  
ADDRESS OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF VIRGINIA
  
ADDRESS TO THE INHABITANTS OF ALBEMARLE CO., IN VIRGINIA
  
DECLARATION AND PROTEST OF THE COMMONWEALTH OF VIRGINIA
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ESTRANGEMENT AND RECONCILIATION OF JEFFERSON AND ADAMS
  
[To Mrs. John Adams.]
  
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[To Dr. Benjamin Rush.]
  
[To Dr. Benjamin Rush.]
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TOPICAL INDEX WITH CROSS-REFERENCES
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7240. RELIGION, Interference with.—

No man complains of his neighbor for ill management of his affairs, for an error in
sowing his land, or marrying his daughter,
for consuming his substance in taverns, pulling

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down, building, &c. In all these he has his liberty: but if he do not frequent the
church, or there conform to ceremonies, there
is an immediate uproar. The care of every
man's soul belongs to himself. But what if
he neglect the care of it? Well, what if he
neglect the care of his health or estate, which
more nearly relate to the State? Will the
magistrate make a law that he shall not be
poor or sick? Laws provide against injury
from others, but not from ourselves. God
Himself will not save men against their wills.—
Notes on Religion. Ford ed., ii, 99.
(1776?)

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