Autobiography of Thomas Jefferson, 1743-1790, Together With a Summary of the Chief Events in Jefferson's Life (Classic Reprint)

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The Autobiography left by Thomas Jefferson belongs to the literature of the Nation. The import ant part played by the great Virginian in the organization of the Republic and in the leadership of affairs during the first three or four Administrations, the distinctive character of the man, his imagination, his intellectual force, and his patriotism, have served to make Thomas Jefferson a great figure in American history. Even his fiercest opponents in his own generation and of later years, those who believed that his theories would prove detrimental to the interests of the State, have been ready to admit that he had honestly at heart the welfare of his fellow-citizens and of mankind, and to admit further that he must take rank among the great Americans.

The peculiar value that is possessed by a narrative in autobiographical form does not rest on the probability that the statement of facts or the record of facts and the motives which influence action would be presented more accurately than in a narrative by another hand. It may easily be the case that the memory of a writer as to the events of his earlier life will not prove as trustworthy as records left by his contemporaries.

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