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To encourage literature and the arts is a duty which every good citizen owes to his country.

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George Washington

1st President of the United States; commander-in-chief of the Continental Army during the American Revolution (1732-1799)

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  • Deborah Eater
    Deborah Eater
    I found the original source for this quotation, a letter from Washington to a Philadephia bookseller, at https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Washington/04-01-02-0092 It's from the Papers of George Washington, Confederation Series, vol. 1, 1 January 1784 – 17 July 1784, ed. W. W. Abbot. Charlottesville: University Press of Virginia, 1992, pp. 126–127.] 
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    • STANDS4
      STANDS4
      Thanks for the source, Deborah!
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לעודד ספרות ואמנות היא חובה שכל אזרח טוב חייב לארצו.

문학을 장려하고 예술은 모든 선량한 시민이 자신의 나라에 빚진 의무입니다.

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