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FOUNDED
BY
THOMAS JEFFERSON

"A SYSTEM OF GENERAL INSTRUCTION, WHICH
SHALL REACH EVERY DESCRIPTION OF OUR CITIZENS
FROM THE RICHEST TO THE POOREST, AS IT WAS THE
EARLIEST, SO IT WILL BE THE LATEST OF ALL PUBLIC
CONCERNS IN WHICH I SHALL PERMIT MYSELF TO
TAKE AN INTEREST."

"I AM CLOSING THE LAST SCENE OF MY LIFE BY
FASHIONING AND FOSTERING AN ESTABLISHMENT FOR
THE INSTRUCTION OF THOSE WHO COME AFTER US.
I HOPE THAT ITS INFLUENCE ON THEIR VIRTUE, FREEDOM,
FAME, AND HAPPINESS WILL BE SALUTARY AND
PERMANENT."