Communicated for the Baltimore patriotl
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have always been a great admirer of the wri-
tings Of the late patriarch Thomas Jefferson. i
well recollect when youth, was cautioned not
to read any Of his writings, for he was an InfdeI
Iflhe following sentiments constitute the inideIty,
then am free to say am Infide 6Nfay
ask the favor of your inserting them ad w. J..


In the fourth volume of the memoirs Of Thos.
Jefferson, page 4l3, the following letter to Thos
Jefferson Smith will be found: -. ~-.-...


... MONTICELLO, February 81, 1925.


This letter will to you be as one from the dead
The writer will be in the grave before you can
weigh its counsels Your afectionate and excel
lent father has requested that would address to
you something on the course of life you have to
run and l. too, as name-sake, feel an interest
in that course. Adore God Reverence and
cherish your parents. Love your neighbors as
yourself, and your country more than yourself
Be just Be true. Murmur not at the ways of
Providence. So shall the life into which you
have entered be the portal to one of eternal and
neffable bliss And if to the dead it is permitted
to care for the things of this world, every action
Of your life will be under my regard Farewell.


TIL. JEFFERSON