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for the present we may groupe ...

for the present we may groupe the sciences into Professorships as follows, subject however to be changed according to the qualifications of the persons we may be able to engage.

Thomas Jefferson 2120 quotes

this interesting subject, whic...

this interesting subject, which, if the condition of man is to be progressively ameliorated, as we fondly hope and believe, is to be the chief instrument in effecting it.

Thomas Jefferson 2120 quotes

this last establishment will p...

this last establishment will probably be within a mile of Charlottesville, and four from Monticello, if the system should be adopted at all by our legislature who meet within a week from this time. my hopes however are kept in check by the ordinary character of our state legislatures, the members...

Thomas Jefferson 2120 quotes

A system of general instructio...

A system of general instruction, which shall reach every description of our citizens, from the richest to the poorest, as it was the earliest, so will it be the latest, of all the public concerns in which I shall permit myself to take an interest.

Thomas Jefferson 2120 quotes

Drawing ... is an innocent & e...

Drawing ... is an innocent & engaging amusement, often useful, and a qualification not to be neglected in one who is to become a mother & an instructor.

Thomas Jefferson 2120 quotes

female education ... has occup...

female education ... has occupied my attention so far only as the education of my own daughters ... I thought it essential to give them a solid education which might enable them, when become mothers, to educate their own daughters, and even to direct the course for sons, should their fathers be...

Thomas Jefferson 2120 quotes

among the values of classical ...

among the values of classical learning I estimate the Luxury of reading the Greek & Roman authors in all the beauties of their originals ... I think myself more indebted to my father for this, than for all the other luxuries his cares and affections have placed within my reach.

Thomas Jefferson 2120 quotes

what is wanting to restore us ...

what is wanting to restore us to our station among our confederates? not more money from the people. enough has been raised by them, and appropriated to this very object. it is that it should be employed understandingly, and for their greatest good. that good requires that, while they are...

Thomas Jefferson 2120 quotes

The Petition of Thomas Jeffers...

The Petition of Thomas Jefferson, James Madison, Chapman Johnson, Joseph C. Cabell, James Breckenridge, John Hartwell Cocke, and Robert Taylor the Rector and Visitors of the University of Virginia ... Respectfully representeth ... That the value of science to a republican people, the security it...

Thomas Jefferson 2120 quotes

I look to the diffusion of lig...

I look to the diffusion of light and education as the resource most to be relied on for ameliorating the condition, promoting the virtue and advancing the happiness of man.

Thomas Jefferson 2120 quotes

the qualifications for self-go...

the qualifications for self-government in society are not innate. they are the result of habit and long training.

Thomas Jefferson 2120 quotes

Do not neglect your music. It ...

Do not neglect your music. It will be a companion which will sweeten many hours of life to you....

Thomas Jefferson 2120 quotes

Man is an imitative animal. Th...

Man is an imitative animal. This quality is the germ of all education in him. From his cradle to his grave he is learning to do what he sees others do.

Thomas Jefferson 2120 quotes

Doubts and jealousies often be...

Doubts and jealousies often beget the facts they fear.

Thomas Jefferson 2120 quotes

Wake up, dream, have the ambit...

Wake up, dream, have the ambition to do the things you have always dreamed of, go farther than any man has ever been before, go as far as it is possible for any man to go, what have you got to lose? Nothing can stop the man with the right mental attitude from achieving his goal; nothing on earth can help the man with the wrong mental attitude.

Thomas Jefferson 2120 quotes

War...is as much a punishment ...

War...is as much a punishment to the punisher as to the sufferer.

Thomas Jefferson 2120 quotes

This I hope will be the age of...

This I hope will be the age of experiments in government, and that their basis will be founded in principles of honesty, not of mere force.

Thomas Jefferson 2120 quotes

I know of no safe depository o...

I know of no safe depository of the ultimate power of the society but the people themselves.

Thomas Jefferson 2120 quotes

They are nations of eternal wa...

They are nations of eternal war. All their energies are expended in the destruction of the labor, property, and lives of their people.

Thomas Jefferson 2120 quotes

But though an old man, I am bu...

But though an old man, I am but a young gardener.

Thomas Jefferson 2120 quotes

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