| The Columbia World of Quotations. 1996. |
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| NUMBER: | 30809 |
| QUOTATION: | [I]n our country economy, letter writing is an hors d’oeuvre. It is no part of the regular routine of the day. |
| ATTRIBUTION: | Thomas Jefferson (1743–1826), U.S. president. Letter, December 3, 1809, to his grandson, Thomas Jefferson Randolph. The Family Letters of Thomas Jefferson, p. 395, eds. E.M. Betts and J.A. Bear, Jr. (1966). |
| BIOGRAPHY: | Columbia Encyclopedia. |
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| | | The Columbia World of Quotations. Copyright © 1996 Columbia University Press. |
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