Illustrated biography; or, Memoirs of the great and the good of all nations and all times; comprising sketches of eminent statesmen, philosophers, heroes, artists, reformers, philanthropists, mechanics, navigators, authors, poets, divines, soldiers, savans, etc . m by that died June 19, 1786, in his forty-fifth year, in consequence of an inflammation of the brain, contracted by exposure to the rays of an intense sun. General Greene possessed, in a great degree, not only the common quality ofphysical courage, but that fortitude and unbending firmness of mind, which aregiven to few, and
Illustrated biography; or, Memoirs of the great and the good of all nations and all times; comprising sketches of eminent statesmen, philosophers, heroes, artists, reformers, philanthropists, mechanics, navigators, authors, poets, divines, soldiers, savans, etc . m by that died June 19, 1786, in his forty-fifth year, in consequence of an inflammation of the brain, contracted by exposure to the rays of an intense sun. General Greene possessed, in a great degree, not only the common quality ofphysical courage, but that fortitude and unbending firmness of mind, which aregiven to few, and which enabled him to bear up against the most cruel reverses,and struggle perseveringly with, an\d finally surmount, the most formidable diffi-culties. He was ever collected in the most trying situations, and judgment were distinguished traits in his character. In his disposition,he was mild and benevolent; but when it was necessary, he was resolutelysevere. No officer of the revolutionary army possessed a higher place in theconfidence and affection of Washington, and, probably, none would have beenso well calculated to succeed him, if death had deprived his country of his ser-vices during the revolutionary struggle. 24 370 THOMAS THOMAS JEFFERSON. THOMAS JEFFERSON, the third president of the United States, was, as he him-self states, in his memoirs, of Welsh descent, by the father, his mother being aRandolph ;—one of the seven sons settled in Goochland, Virginia. His father,Peter Jefferson, was bora in 1708, and married in 1739. He settled on an es-tate called Shadwell, in Albemarle county, where Thomas was born, on the13th of April, 1743. His father, who was a man of some distinction in the col-ony, died in 1757, leaving a widow, with two sons and six daughters. Thomas,the eldest, inherited the property of Monticello, upon which he lived, when inprivate life, and where he died. Mr. Jefferson was regularly educated for the profession of the law, and
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