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Thomas Jefferson's Determine Never To Be Idle

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Thomas Jefferson wrote "Determine never to be idle... It is wonderful how much may be done if we are always doing." So do we accomplish more if we are always doing something, or does inactivity also serve a purpose. In my opinion if we are always doing and being inactivity that would be a good thing I believe. Also other people may think differently they may think that being inactivity would be also better then doing. Thomas Jefferson wrote "Determine never to be idle" that was a doing because he wrote and was doing something he believed in. So by doing things in life, not only him but people around the world including myself believe that "doing" is a wonderful thing. We may believe that its a lot better than being inactivity as well. By doing things in life we accomplish a lot: because you can do what you would like to enjoy doing as a career that would be something you would be doing. …show more content…

I am not very sure what inactivity is but I want to say that you have to be active in being able to be doing it. Inactivity and doing sound and may even be the same thing, but doing may be a little different in my opinion because you have to do it and inactivity you just have to be active to accomplish it I believe I may be wrong. Inactivity you have to want it and be able to do it, because if not you wont be able to accomplish it. But by doing your going to have to do something to get where you want to be at. So doing and inactivity in my opinion they both have to do with doing. You have to do something to accomplish it in life. Thomas Jefferson did a doing because he wrote " Determine to be idle". So doing may be a lot better than being inactivity in life I

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