Thomas Jefferson

Purchase one of 1st World Library's Classic Books and help support our free internet library of downloadable eBooks. Visit us online at www.1stWorldLibrary.ORG - - - - No golden eagle, warm from the stamping press of the mint, is
more sharply impressed with its image and superscription than
was the formative period of our government by the genius and
personality of Thomas Jefferson.
Standing on the threshold of the nineteenth century, no one
who attempted to peer down the shadowy vista, saw more
clearly than he the possibilities, the perils, the pitfalls and the
achievements that were within the grasp of the Nation. None
was inspired by purer patriotism. None was more sagacious,
wise and prudent, and none understood his countrymen
better.........