Thomas Jefferson quote: So inscrutable is the arrangement of causes and consequences in this world, that a two-penny duty on tea, unjustly imposed ...

So inscrutable is the arrangement of causes and consequences in this world, that a two-penny duty on tea, unjustly imposed in a sequestered part of it, changes the condition of all its inhabitants.

~ Thomas Jefferson ~

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