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Jeffersondiedlongago,butmayofhisideasstill
ofgreatinteresttous.
LessonsfromJefferson
ThomasJefferson,thethirdPresidentofthe
UnitedStatesymaybelessfamousthanGeorge
WashingtonandAbrahamLincoln,butmostpeople
rememberatlastonefactabouthim:hewrotethe
DeclarationofIndependence.
AlthoughJeffersonlivedmorethan200yearsago,
thereismuchthatwelearnfromhimtoday.Manyof
hisideasareespeciallyinterestingtomodernyouth.
Herearesomeofthethingshesaidandwrote:
Goandsee.Jeffersonbelievedthatafreeman
obtainsknowledgefrommanysourcesbesidesbooks
andthatpersonalinvestigationisimportant.Whenstill
ayoungman,hewasappointedtoacommitteeto
findoutwhethertheSouthBranchoftheJamesRiver
wasdeepenoughtobeusedbylargeboats.Whilethe
othermembersofthecommitteesatinthestate
capitolandstudiedpapersonthesubject,Jefferson
gotintoacanoeandmadeon-the-spot-observations.
Youcanlearnfromeveryone.Bybirthandby
educationJeffersonbelongedtothehighestsocialclass.
Yet,inadaywhenfewnoblepersonseverspoketo
thoseofhumbleoriginsexcepttogiveanorder,
Jeffersonwentoutofhiswaytotalkwithgardeners,
servantsyandwaiters.Jeffersononcesaidtothe
Frenchnobleman,LafayetteyYoumustgointothe
peopleshomesasIhavedone,lookintotheircooking
potsandeattheirbread.Ifyouwillonlydothis,you
mayfindoutwhypeoplearedissatisfiedand
understandtherevolutionthatisthreateningFrance.
Judgeforyourself.Jeffersonrefusedtoaccept
otherpeoplesopinionswithoutcarefulthought.
Neitherbelievenorrejectanything,hewrotetohis
nephew,becauseanyotherpersonhasrejectedor
believedit.Heavedhasgivenyouamindforjudging
truthanderror.Useit.
Jeffersonfeltthatthepeoplemaysafelybe
trustedtoheareverythingtrueandfalse,andtoform
acorrectjudgment.Wereitlefttometodecide
whetherweshouldhaveagovernmentwithout
newspapersornewspaperswithoutagovernment,I
shouldnothesitateamomenttopreferthelatter.
Dowhatyoubelieveisright.Inafreecountry
therewillalwaysbeconflictingideas,andthisisa
sourceofstrength.Itisconflictandnotunquestioning
agreementthatkeepsfreedomalive.ThoughJefferson
wasformanyyearstheobjectofstrongcriticism,he
neveransweredhiscritics.Heexpressedhisphilosophy
inletterstoafriend,Therearetwosidestoevery
question.Ifyoutakeonesidewithdecisionandonit
witheffect,thosewhotaketheothersidewillof
courseresentyouractions.
Trustthefuture;trusttheyoung.Jeffersonfelt
thatthepresentshouldneverbechainedtocustoms
whichhavelosttheirusefulness.Nosociety9hesaid,
canmakeaperpetualconstitutionyorevena
perpetuallaw.Theearthbelongstotheliving
generation.Hedidnotfearnewideas,nordidhefear
thefuture.Howmuchpain,heremarkedyhasbeen
causedbyevilswhichhaveneverhappened!Iexpect
thebest,nottheworst.Isteermyshipwithhope,
leavingfearbehind.
Jeffersonscourageandidealismwerebasedon
knowledge.Heprobablyknewmorethananyother
manofhisage.Hewasanexpertinagriculture)
archeologyyandmedicine.Hepracticedcroprotation
andsoilconservationacenturybeforethesebecame
standardpractice,andheinventedaplowsuperiorto
anyotherinexistence.Heinfluencedarchitecture
throughoutAmericayandhewasconstantlyproducing
devicesformakingthetasksofordinarylifeeasierto
perform.
OfallJeffersonsmanytalents,oneiscentral.He
wasaboveallagoodandtirelesswriter.Hiscomplete
worksynowbeingpublishedforthefirsttime,willfill
morethanfiftyvolumes.Histalentasanauthorwas
soondiscoveredyandwhenthetimecametowrite
theDeclarationofIndependenceatPhiladelphiain
1776,thetaskofwritingitwashis.Millionshave
thrilledtohiswords:Weholdthesetruthstobe
self-evident,thatallmenarecreatedequal...
WhenJeffersondiedonJuly4,1826,the50th
anniversaryofAmericanindependence)helefthis
countrymenarichlegacyofideasandexamples.
AmericaneducationowesagreatdebttoThomas
Jefferson,Whobelievedthatonlyanationof
educatedpeoplecouldremainfree.
PHRASESEXPRESSIONS
gooutofonesway(todosth.)
takeparticulartrouble;makeaspecialeff
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