A history of the United States for schools . THE CAPITOL AT was a very remarkable man. He was an accomplishedscholar, reading several languages with ease. ThomasHe was deeply interested in science and ^^philosophy. He was a daring horseman, a dead shotwith a rifle, and a skillful performer on the violin. He 1 This is the east front of the Capitol as it looks to-day. The oldnorth wing (just right of the centre) was finished in 1800, the old southwing in 1811. The building was destroyed by the British in 1814, andrebuilt in 1817-27. The two extreme wings were added in 1851-59, andth
A history of the United States for schools . THE CAPITOL AT was a very remarkable man. He was an accomplishedscholar, reading several languages with ease. ThomasHe was deeply interested in science and ^^philosophy. He was a daring horseman, a dead shotwith a rifle, and a skillful performer on the violin. He 1 This is the east front of the Capitol as it looks to-day. The oldnorth wing (just right of the centre) was finished in 1800, the old southwing in 1811. The building was destroyed by the British in 1814, andrebuilt in 1817-27. The two extreme wings were added in 1851-59, andthe great dome was finished in 1865, which was, by a curious coinci-dence, the year in which the perpetuity of the Union was fully decided. 28o THE FEDERAL UNION. Cm. THE UNITED STATES BEFORE 1803. was very accurate and punctual in his habits, with astrong dislike for ceremony and parade. In many socialand legislative reforms he was a foremost leader, asalso in such matters as devising our decimal wrote the Declaration of Independence. While hewas one of the first to announce the doctrine of nullifi-cation, which time has not justified, he was also thefirst to announce (in 1784) the doctrine upon which thepresent Republican party was founded, in 1854, — thedoctrine that the United States government can andought to prohibit slavery in all the national territory notalready erected into states. He was also the founderof the University of Virginia. There are so many sidesto Jefferson that people often fail to understand the time of his election, many people feared thathe and his party would try to undo the work that had §110. THE PERIOD OF WEAKNESS. 281 BRITISH_T-r.
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