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NY Times: Thomas Jefferson, Neither God Nor Devil.

... the authors sum up their mission: to bring complexity to a conversation that tends to swing between ‘Jefferson the God’ and ‘Jefferson the Devil,’ and instead try to understand Jefferson’s actions in terms of how he saw himself.” You’d think by now, after decades of scandals, we’d realize that everyone is complex. Neither light nor dark, just a rainbow of shades between.

04/07/16 • 04:47 PM • BooksHistoryPolitics • 1 Comment

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I always thought Ambrose did a good job with this in Undaunted Courage, where he presents Jefferson as embodying the contradictions of America, both its greatest aspirations and some of its worst sins. Looking forward to reading this piece!

Posted by Will on 04/07/16 at 05:19 PM

 

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