A great combo: Aspen Institute & Meacham on Jefferson

A combo of two of the finest - The Aspen Institute (Ideas Festival) & John author John Meacham Thomas Jefferson:

Some favorite thoughts from the talk:

“[H]e is immortal, yet because of his flaws and his sins and his failures...he was not all that he could be...but no politician, no human being ever is. Despite his shortcomings and all the inevitable disappointments and mistakes, he left America and the world a better place than it had been when he found it.”

— John Meacham, Aspen Ideas Festival, June 30, 2015

“That he failed to live a perfect live or deliver on the promise of the Declaration...that he has been condemned as a hypocrite...in the eyes of history are to my mind reasons engage with him...not excoriate.”

— John Meacham, Aspen Ideas Festival, June 30, 2015

“Jefferson provided the poetry of the Revolution.”

— John Meacham, Aspen Ideas Festival, June 30, 2015

“Jefferson was against federal power until he wielded it.”

— John Meacham, Aspen Ideas Festival, June 30, 2015

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Hidden Treasure

Another fun, but unexpected, addition to my Jefferson collection / library this AM.

Four volumes from the US House of Representatives Library (see the stamp in the pic) - 1833 printing of the diplomatic correspondence of the United States of America, from the signing of the definitive treaty of peace, 10th September, 1783, to the adoption of the Constitution, March 4, 1789.

Correspondence includes many of the early founders - Jefferson, Adams, Jay...

Fascinating. They deserved a good home and a little TLC.

JARuppert - 4.26.2015