Jefferson City

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“I long to be in the midst of the children, and have more pleasure in their little follies than in the wisdom of the wise.”
—Thomas Jefferson (1743–1826)

“A wholly materialistic city is nothing but a dream incarnate. Venice is the world’s unconscious, a miser’s glittering hoard, guarded by a Beast whose eyes are made of white agate, and by a saint who is really a prince who has just slain a dragon.”
—Mary McCarthy (1912–1989)