Thomas Jefferson - His permanent influence on American institutionsVery popularly written, these lectures are seven in number, and treat respectively of Jefferson as revolutionist, democratizer of state institutions, diplomat, democratizer of federal institutions, and president, and of his influence upon freedom of religion in America and upon our educational institutions. Jefferson has not been entirely fortunate in his biographers, many of his points of view being so at odds with those of Europe that their effect has been distorted or minimized; but with Senator Williams his radical belief in democracy finds a sympathy rather whole-hearted than discriminating. |
Contents
INTRODUCTORY | 1 |
JEFFERSON THE DEMOCRATIZER OF STATE | 38 |
JEFFERSONS INFLUENCE ASA DIPLOMAT | 62 |
JEFFERSON THE DEMOCRATIZER OF FEDERAL | 82 |
CHAPTER VITHE INFLUENCE OF JEFFERSONAS PRESIDENT | 113 |
SOME MINOR MATTERS | 138 |
JEFFERSONS INFLUENCE ON OUR EDUCATIONAL | 154 |
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