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. |
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... wise adoption of this salutary rule. Again Jefferson says to the King: "Accept of every commercial preference it is within our power to give," etc. Today, if Canada, or any of the British colonies give trade preferences to Great Britain ...
... wise adoption of this salutary rule. Again Jefferson says to the King: "Accept of every commercial preference it is within our power to give," etc. Today, if Canada, or any of the British colonies give trade preferences to Great Britain ...
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... wise — than almost anywhere else. Then Mr. Jefferson was chosen a member of the Continental Congress. Meanwhile, Lord North's "Conciliatory Proposal," as it was called, had been received in the colonies and it was necessary that ...
... wise — than almost anywhere else. Then Mr. Jefferson was chosen a member of the Continental Congress. Meanwhile, Lord North's "Conciliatory Proposal," as it was called, had been received in the colonies and it was necessary that ...
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... wise discretion we may again see reunited the blessings of liberty, prosperity and harmony with Great Britain." A similar arraignment of the justice of the British people, in the original draft of the Declaration of Independence, was ...
... wise discretion we may again see reunited the blessings of liberty, prosperity and harmony with Great Britain." A similar arraignment of the justice of the British people, in the original draft of the Declaration of Independence, was ...
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... wise to go that far in France. He was emphatically urging, however, the withdrawal of the hurtful special privileges of the clergy and nobility, which exempted them from taxation and made all the heavy services and taxes fall upon the ...
... wise to go that far in France. He was emphatically urging, however, the withdrawal of the hurtful special privileges of the clergy and nobility, which exempted them from taxation and made all the heavy services and taxes fall upon the ...
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Contents
JEFFERSON THE DEMOCRATIZER OF STATE INSTITUTIONS CHAPTER IV JEFFERSONS INFLUENCE ASA DIPLOMAT | |
JEFFERSON THE DEMOCRATIZER OF FEDERAL INSTITUTIONS | |
CHAPTER VITHE INFLUENCE OF JEFFERSONAS PRESIDENT | |
SOME MINOR MATTERS | |
JEFFERSONS INFLUENCE ON FREEDOM OF RELIGION IN AMERICA | |
JEFFERSONS INFLUENCE ON OUR EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS | |
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