 Never did a prisoner, released from his chains, feel such relief as I shall on shaking off the shackles of power. Nature intended me for the tranquil pursuits of science, by rendering them my supreme delight.  The Life of Thomas Jefferson - Seite 283von Henry Stephens Randall - 1858Vollansicht - Über dieses Buch
 | R. B. Bernstein - 2004 - 258 Seiten
...prisoner released from his chains feel such relief as I shall on shaking off the shackles of power. Nature intended me for the tranquil pursuits of science,...commit myself on the boisterous ocean of political passion. 202 CHAPTER ENTHUSIASM AND ANGUISH (1809-1826) On March 4, 1809, Thomas Jefferson stayed in... | |
 | Carol H. Behrman - 2003 - 122 Seiten
...Jefferson away from Monticello. "Nature intended me for the tranquil pursuits of science," he wrote. "But the enormities of the times in which I have lived have forced me to take a part." At sixty-five, he could look forward to spending the rest of his days at his beloved home in "tranquil... | |
 | Sean Wilentz - 2006 - 1114 Seiten
...shaking off the shackles of power," he wrote two days before. "[N]ature intended me for the tranquill pursuits of science, by rendering them my supreme...opportunity of retiring from them without censure, and earning with me the most consoling proofs of public approbation." A week later, after winding up some... | |
 | Gene Ruyle - 2005 - 182 Seiten
...and for him the underlying issue was always to make the grand dream work. As he reflected: "Nature intended me for the tranquil pursuits of science,...times in which I have lived have forced me to take part in resisting them, and to commit myself on the boisterous ocean of political passions" (D. Malone,... | |
 | David Edwin Harrell, Edwin S. Gaustad, John B. Boles, Sally Foreman Griffith - 2005 - 860 Seiten
...(the French entrepreneur who founded what is today the DuPont Corporation), he wrote in 1809: "Nature intended me for the tranquil pursuits of science by rendering them my supreme delight." "But," he added, "the enormities of the times in which I have lived, have forced me to . . . commit myself... | |
 | Thomas Jefferson - 2005 - 148 Seiten
...feel such relief as I shall on shaking off the shackles of power. Nature intended me for the tranquill pursuits of science, by rendering them my supreme...thank god for the opportunity of retiring from them. To PS Dupont de Nemours, Washington, March 2, 1809 Rights We hold these truths to be self-evident,... | |
 | John P. Kaminski - 2005 - 100 Seiten
...released from his chains, feel such relief as I shall on shaking off the shackles of power. Nature intended me for the tranquil pursuits of science,...commit myself on the boisterous ocean of political passions."'30 127. Ibid., April 8, 1806, p. 478. 128. Jefferson to James Monroe, Washington, January... | |
 | Ian W Toll - 2006 - 614 Seiten
...shall on shaking off the shackles of power," he wrote du Pont de Nemours on March 2, 1809. "Nature intended me for the tranquil pursuits of science by rendering them my supreme delight." A week after Madison's inauguration, Jefferson climbed into the saddle for the four-day ride to Monticello.... | |
 | Joel Parker - 1853 - 1016 Seiten
...prisoner released from his chains feel such relief as I shall on shaking off the shackles of power. Nature intended me for the tranquil pursuits of science by...the most consoling proofs of public approbation." He was now sixty-throe years old. He retired as he proposed to the quiet pleasures of bis family at... | |
 | CHARLES MORRIS - 1907 - 752 Seiten
...released from his chains, feel such relief as I shall on shaking off the shackles of power. Nature intended me for the tranquil pursuits of science by...the most consoling proofs of public approbation." Jefferson's subsequent life at Monticello was very similar to that of Washington at Mount Vernon. His... | |
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