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Thomas Jefferson: A Little Journey (Classic Reprint)
Thomas Jefferson A Little Journey - Classic Reprint Author:Elbert Hubbard Thomas Jefferson — WILLIAM and Mary Col- — was founded by the Persons whose names it bears, m 1^92. Thefoun-der bestowed °n it an endowment that would have been generous had there not been attached to it sundry strings in way of conditions. The intent was to make Indians Episcopalians, & white students clergymen; and the assumption being that betw... more »een the whites and the aborigines there was but little difference, the curriculum was an ecclesiastic medley. All the teachers were appointed by the Bishop of London, and the places were usually given to clergymen who were not needed in England. To this college, in 1760, came Thomas Jefferson, a tall, red-haired youth of seventeen. He had a sharp nose and a sharp chin; and a youth having these has a sharp intellect-mark it well. Q This boy had not been " sent " to
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