In this 1799 letter, Thomas Jefferson said “despotism had overwhelmed the world for thousands of years…but thank heaven the American mind is already too much opened to listen to these impostures; science can never be retrograde; what is once acquired of real knowledge can never be lost.”

In this 1799 letter, Thomas Jefferson said “despotism had overwhelmed the world for thousands of years…but thank heaven the American mind is already too much opened to listen to these impostures; science can never be retrograde; what is once acquired of real knowledge can never be lost.”

https://www.thomasjefferson.com/jefferson-journal/science-can-never-be-retrograde

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