Show name of jefferson honored by world W 0 rad high place in history for eminent american assured on april 13 1713 a great virginian and aad a greater american was born thomas jefferson years ago aeo took his natal breath of 0 freedom and the world today may cheerfully glory la in that fact act in that eventful career Is stored away so BO much of loyalty for enhancing human liberty that one falls to comprehend how bow so much wisdom and logic as Is found in his declaration and first inaugural could como come from the quill directed by a lover of freedom dr C B J clorand writes in the chicago dally daily news ue he was unselfish and sought no public praises he hoped always to be alone and away from the crowd yet he was constantly dragged to the front lines of defense when real nt at tacks were made on the holdings of the common people answers recent critics in regard to the implication of recent biographies it Is contrary to filet to aay that jefferson bell believed bellener eNed that the continental congress which accepted his declaration in 1770 was the greatest gathering in mans progress and ma X tl 91 f 7 I 1 0 thornal jeffer aon J assumed that lie he its spokesman or penman was the most learned when he was in france tie he wrote on september 10 1787 regarding rega tile hie new dew constitution which the states were adopting there Is a general disposition through the states to adopt what nhat they the delegates of the constitutional convention shall propose pro puse and 0 ie o may be assured their propositions will be vise alse as a more able assembly never met in ID america I 1 believe this sentence earnestly answers the recent critics and while his personal friend james madison is really the father of the ho constitution do not think that Jeffers jeffersonian onlan ideals are a e missing from that instrument quite to the contrary as intimate relationship lation ship in conversations correspondence spon dence and ideals existed between jefferson Jef ferbon the teacher and madison the eager pupil but the most interesting and surprising or recent laudation of jefferson comes from england and we have for the first time a right warm compliment from a people who twice were ere defeated because of jeffersonian Jofferson lan tan expressions pres both in 1770 and in 1812 1811 Eng england larl took exceptions to tile the stance stanch virginians interpolations of american spirit nan praises jefferson F W hilnet bained English englishman ninn tells ills his people its lil lils ii ii time that eliat they acknowledge the greatness of thomas jefferson thus mus far ignored and little cherished ile he shows that these wars are over that they definitely settled the things they set out to determine this englishman lo iii moved to highest admiration for jefferson tor for his diplomacy in keeping the young republic from getting gelling into what might have been the first world var ar and in t these hese words he renders the praises rr prat alses ses in the case of jefferson we see sec how a suppler stat man encompassed by difficulties different indeed but not less formidable successfully maintained peace with honor during a world war and for eight years while european rulers loaded debts and taxes on the backs of their wretched subjects went on relieving his countrymen of tile the burdens and obligations that had heen been incurred during their struggle tor for independence and of jeffersons international statesmanship he adds an american who coolly compares Seffer jeffersons sons policy that which afterward under his successor preci precipitated pl the futile war of 1812 will realize that jeffersons statesmanship never shone brighter than in these dark and difficult days of the embargo policy for which ile he has been so BO often and so unjustly assailed quotes english author and what nhat american author could more enthusiastically write of jefferson than these words from that same anglish author to the student of political philosophy jefferson Is the most interesting of fill all american statesmen because lie he combined with a marvelous insight into the springs of human nature and into the motives that sway individuals or mosses masses an extensive inov knowledge ledge of political science an and history ile he was a theorist a doctrinaire an idealist but always at school with ith experience among the founders of the great republic the statesman who wrote the declaration of independence and added louisiana to the union can never be for forgotten gotten to those who in spite of failures and disappointments still rest their hopes of peaceful and civilized progress on representative government and popular education jefferson Is a prophet and more than a prop prophet bet |