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" Its peculiar character, too, is that no one possesses the less, because every other possesses the whole of it. He who receives an idea from me, receives instruction himself without lessening mine; as he who lights his taper at mine, receives light without... "
Light and Liberty: Reflections on the Pursuit of Happiness - Page xi
by Thomas Jefferson - 2004 - 176 pages
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The Emporium of Arts and Sciences, Volume 2

John Redman Coxe, Thomas Cooper - 1813 - 532 pages
...peculiar character too is that no one possesses the less because every oilier possesses the whole of it. He who receives an idea from me receives instruction...should freely spread from one to another over the globa for the moral and mutual instruction of man and improvement of his conditions, seems to have...
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The Franklin Journal, and American Mechanics' Magazine, Volumes 17-18

1836 - 1042 pages
...peculiar character too is that no one possesses the less because every other possesses the whole of it. He who receives an idea from me receives instruction...at mine receives light without darkening me. That idea« should freely spread from one to another over the globe for the moral and mutual instruction...
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The Writings of Thomas Jefferson: Correspondence, cont

Thomas Jefferson - 1854 - 630 pages
...peculiar character, too, is that no one possesses the less, because every other possesses the whole of it. He who receives an idea from me, receives instruction...the globe, for the moral and mutual instruction of manfand improvement of his condition, seems to have been peculiarly and benevolently designed by nature,...
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Forum, Volume 11

Lorettus Sutton Metcalf, Walter Hines Page, Joseph Mayer Rice, Frederic Taber Cooper, Arthur Hooley, Henry Goddard Leach, George Henry Payne, D. G. Redmond - 1891 - 738 pages
...function of the United States Patent Office. "He who receives an idea from me," wrote Thomas Jefferson, " receives instruction himself without lessening mine...his taper at mine receives light without darkening mine." An idea once made known is subject to human control only when incorporate, and therefore it...
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The Jeffersonian Cyclopedia: A Comprehensive Collection of the Views of ...

Thomas Jefferson - 1900 - 1082 pages
...peculiar character, too, is that no one possesses the less, because every other possesses the whole of it. He who receives an idea from me, receives instruction...his taper at mine, receives light without darkening mine. That ideas should freely spread from one to another over the globe, for the moral and mutual...
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The Life and Writings of Thomas Jefferson: Including All of His Important ...

Samuel Eagle Forman - 1900 - 494 pages
...peculiar character, too, is that no one possesses the less, because every other possesses the whole of it. He who receives an idea from me receives instruction himself without lessening mine, receives light without darkening me. That ideas should freely spread from one to another over the globe,...
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The Life and Writings of ...

Thomas Jefferson - 1900 - 498 pages
...peculiar character, too, is that no one possesses the less, because every other possesses the whole of it. He who receives an idea from me receives instruction himself without lessening mine, receives light without darkening me. That ideas should freely spread from one to another over the globe,...
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Master Thoughts of Thomas Jefferson

Thomas Jefferson - 1907 - 246 pages
...consider it as a renewed extension of our lease, shall live in more confidence and die in more hope. HE who receives an idea from me, receives instruction...man, and improvement of his condition, seems to have 13. 334. been peculiarly and benevolently designed by nature, when she made them, like fire, expansible...
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Agricultural History Series, Issue 2

1942 - 584 pages
...peculiar character, too, is that no one possesses the less, because every other possesses the whole of it. He who receives an idea from me, receives instruction...peculiarly and benevolently designed by nature, when 65 ehe made them, like fire, expansible over «11 space, without lessening their density in any point,...
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Cases Decided in the United States Court of Claims ... with ..., Volume 153

United States. Court of Claims, Audrey Bernhardt - 1963 - 778 pages
...peculiar character, too, is that no one possesses the less because every other possesses the whole of it. He who receives an idea from me receives instruction...taper at mine, receives light without darkening me. [Writings of Thomas Jefferson, Vol. 6, pp. 180-181, HA Washington ed. (1854).] Justice Holmes, in an...
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