. The Century book of famous Americans : the story of a young people's pilgrimage to historic homes . difference to Virginias security, and even to-day somehistorians refer contemptuously to his conduct during the British truth is, however, that what appeared indifference, and was even calledcowardice, was indeed heroism ; for Thomas Jefferson knew better than hiscritics the condition of affairs. It was a case of the few suffering for themany. He felt it to be better even that Virginia should beoverrun and laid waste than that the success of the causefor which America was fighting
. The Century book of famous Americans : the story of a young people's pilgrimage to historic homes . difference to Virginias security, and even to-day somehistorians refer contemptuously to his conduct during the British truth is, however, that what appeared indifference, and was even calledcowardice, was indeed heroism ; for Thomas Jefferson knew better than hiscritics the condition of affairs. It was a case of the few suffering for themany. He felt it to be better even that Virginia should beoverrun and laid waste than that the success of the causefor which America was fighting shouldbe jeopardized by a call for help. Sohe did the best he could withwhat he had at hand, and hisown State came in timeto appreciate and ac-knowledge his wis-dom. There arephases of patriotism,boys and girls,Uncle Tom contin-ued, that are quite ,different from thosewith which we arefamiliar in suffer that goodmay come, evenwhen that sufferingseems needless, or in-vited, even, may some-times be, instead, a . , . DE BRITISH AM COMIX! high order of patriotism. Hiding the valuables. WITH THE SAGE OF MONTICELLO 121
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