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Show JEFFERSON AS YOUNG MAN Third President ot the United States Was an Athlete, But Was Gentle. Thomas Jefferson, when ho left col-lope col-lope wns one of tho best Lit In, Gr"ok nnd French scholars In his natlvo stuto ot Virginia. At his majority ho camo Into an Income of $2,000 a year, which in thoso days. 1757. was as good ns In.OOO a year In these. Jefferson was six feet two In his stockings (they didn't wear socks In thoso days), nnd nn all-round nthlete, n dandy dancer H mid nn expert violinist. As Washington's secretary of stute ho advocated stuto sovereignty nnd do-centralization. do-centralization. Alexander Hamilton, Washington's secretary of tho treas-ury, treas-ury, was Just as stiff for centralization. Washington took tho mlddlo course between tho two great rivuls, Jefferson, ns president, cschowed all ix) m p nnd ceremony. On his two In-nuguratlon In-nuguratlon days, Instead of driving to tho cnpltol In i coach and six ns had been the practice, ho rodo there on horseback, without a guard or oven a servant In his train, dismounted with-out with-out nsslstnnco, nnd hitched tho brldlo of his horse to n hxico. Ho could be gentlo ns a lambkin nn.l ns bnrd ns |
