Thomas Jefferson (1743–1826) 3rd President of the United States of America
Letter to Edward Coles (25 August 1814)
1810s
“Yet the hour of emancipation is advancing, in the march of time. It will come.”
1810s, Letter to Edward Coles (1814)
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“Several victims were then sacrificed, and despite consistently unfavourable omens, he entered the House, deriding Spurinna as a false prophet. "The Ides of March have come," he said. "Yes, they have come," replied Spurinna, "but they have not yet gone."”
Dein pluribus hostiis caesis, cum litare non posset, introiit curiam spreta religione Spurinnamque irridens et ut falsum arguens, quod sine ulla sua noxa Idus Martiae adessent; quanquam is venisse quidem eas diceret, sed non praeterisse.
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