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Journeyman

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1. Let us consider what one of Virginia's greatest sons, Thomas Jefferson, had to say about the dead...

Reply to TexasTowelie (Original post)

Tue Jun 8, 2021, 03:20 AM

Jun 2021

I set out on this ground, which I suppose to be self evident, ‘that the earth belongs in usufruct to the living:’ that the dead have neither powers nor rights over it. the portion occupied by any individual ceases to be his when himself ceases to be, & reverts to the society.

Tear it down. Take it out of the public square.

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