Jordan Dotson

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Mmmm…bacon…

September 18, 2014 By Jordan

I had rather be shut up in a very modest cottage with my books, my family and a few old friends, dining on simple bacon, and letting the world roll on as it liked, than to occupy the most splendid post, which any human power can give.

…from the correspondence of Thomas Jefferson, about whom I have very mixed feelings, yet whose writing, and love affair with the humble comma, I totally, totally dig.

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