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Letter from John Adams to Abigail Adams, 26 December 1793
" . . . hought the same of the other. I am told Mr. Jefferson is to resign tomorrow. I have so long been in the habit of thinking well of his Abilities and general good dispositions, that
I cannot but feel some regret
at this Event: but his want of Candour , his obstinate Prejudices both of Aversion and Attachment his real Partiality in Spite of all his Pretensions and his low notions about man . . . "
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