Excerpt from The Political Opinions of Thomas Jefferson: An Essay
So vast is the deluge of printer's ink now flooding the world that the question may well be asked: Why print another book about Jefferson? Are not his own works in print? And have not numerous biographers written accounts of his life and opinions? True enough. Yet where are we to find a book in which the quintessence of Jefferson's political views is given in clear and readable style, yet sufficiently brief to find readers among the busy, rushing people of to-day? Dr. Wayland's "Essay" is just such a book, and I should be glad, indeed, if any commendation of mine could increase the circulation of the work.
Neither the author of this essay nor the individual who has the honor of composing the Introduction regards Thomas Jefferson as infallible. There were inconsistencies in both his words and his deeds. He did not always live up to his ideals.
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