...caravan of wagons. Writing to an old friend, he summed up his forty-year political career: "Nature intended me for the tranquil pursuits of science,...myself on the boisterous ocean of political passions." No year had been more turbulent than his last, but now that too was over. Twilight "I REMEMBER WELL,"...

...Thomas Jefferson wrote, in a letter to the French A. N| economist Pierre-Samuel Dupont de Nemours, "intended me for the tranquil pursuits of science, by rendering them my supreme delight."2 Only one other president of the United States, Theodore Roosevelt, could possibly be described...

...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."1 He was free to return to Monticello where he could indulge without interruption his interests...

...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,...myself on the boisterous ocean of political passions. [1809 Letter to PS Dupont de Nemours] -k 1 find as I grow older that I love those most whom I loved...

...released from his chains, feel such relief as I shall of shaking off the shackles of power. Nature intended me for the tranquil pursuits of science,...commit myself on the boisterous ocean of political passions."70 Only two minor letters between Jefferson and du Pont survive from the Paris period. Following...

...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,...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." Jefferson...

...Kosciuszko in 1810, and that was only the beginning- yet there were compensations as well.5 "Nature intended me for the tranquil pursuits of science, by rendering them my supreme delight," he explained two days before the end of his second term, adding with heart-felt anticipation that "never...

...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,...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. To PS du...

...prisoner released from his chains feel such relief as I shall on shaking off the shackles of power ... I thank God for the opportunity of retiring from them...the most consoling proofs of public approbation." 51 Meriwether Lewis 1774-1809 Th he object of your mission," wrote President Thomas Jefferson to his...

...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,...me the most consoling proofs of public approbation. SEEING THE GOOD . . . The Honor of His Own, and the Model of Future Times . . . On James Monroe: You...