The presidents of the United States : from Washington to Fillmore . JljoifK)^^ ]effei*30^, Great men generally have the warmest friends and thebitterest enemies. A decided preference for a certain setof principles and a bold and persevering pursuit of a well-known path, naturally causes this state of feeling. Theprinciples may be unsound: the path may be wrong. It isthe sincere, brave, and determined action which is the es-sence of greatness. The prominence which such actiongives a man makes him the idol of those who agree withhim, and the mark for the shaft of those who dissent. Evenat the pr
The presidents of the United States : from Washington to Fillmore . JljoifK)^^ ]effei*30^, Great men generally have the warmest friends and thebitterest enemies. A decided preference for a certain setof principles and a bold and persevering pursuit of a well-known path, naturally causes this state of feeling. Theprinciples may be unsound: the path may be wrong. It isthe sincere, brave, and determined action which is the es-sence of greatness. The prominence which such actiongives a man makes him the idol of those who agree withhim, and the mark for the shaft of those who dissent. Evenat the present day, the character and political course ofThomas Jefferson are subjects of violent discussion. Oneset of men regard him as one of the wisest and most virtuousstatesmen who have ever lived, and another persists in theassertion that he was both insincere and it must be agreed that he was a great man. He wroteand talked greatly; many great men looked up to him;and he left a broad wake upon the ocean of American politics. Thomas Jefferson was b
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