The Correspondence of Thomas Jefferson
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FOREIGN RELATIONS / RUSSIA
I am afraid our quondam favorite Alexander has swerved from the true
faith. His becoming an accomplice of the soi-disant Holy Alliance, the
anti-national principles he has separately avowed, and his becoming
the very leader of a combination to chain mankind down eternally to
oppressions of the most barbarous ages, are clouds on his character
not easily to be cleared away. But these are problems for younger
heads than mine. You will see their solution and tell me of it in
another world. I salute you with great friendship and respect.
to Levett Harris, 12 December 1821
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