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Great Americans of History
THOMAS JEFFERSON - A CHARACTER SKETCH
JEFFERSON A DOCTRINAIRE.
Lewis Henry Boutell, in his "Jefferson as a Man of Letters," says:
"That Jefferson, in justifying the action of the colonists, should have
thought more of the metaphysical rights than historical facts, illustrates one
of the marked features of his character. He was often more of a doctrinaire than
a practical statesman. He reminds us of the words which Burke applied on a
certain occasion to Chatham: 'For a wise man he seemed to me at that time to be
governed too much by general maxims.'"
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