Text: The good opinion of mankind, like the lever of Archimedes, with the given fulcrum, moves the world. Thomas Jefferson (1743-1826) (Letter from Thomas Jefferson to M. Correa de Serra, 1814) The Writings of Thomas Jefferson Memorial Edition (Lipscomb and Bergh, editors) Washington, D.C., 1903-04 Volume 14, page 222

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