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This quote from Thomas Jefferson seems relevant: "I have given up newspapers in exchange for Tacitus & Thucydides, for Newton & Euclid; & I find myself much th
by prossercj 8y ago
This quote from Thomas Jefferson seems relevant:
"I have given up newspapers in exchange for Tacitus & Thucydides, for Newton & Euclid; & I find myself much the happier." [0]
[0] http://tjrs.monticello.org/letter/280 http://tjrs.monticello.org/letter/280
- AndrewKemendo 8y agoJefferson was 80 when he wrote that, so the context is a little different than what people are discussing here.