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On into Notes on the State of Virginia, demonstrating Jefferson's famous fascination with and attention to details in the physical sciences. It is interesting and wry that this pre-Corps of Discovery essay conjectures that the Blue Ridge mountains may be the highest elevation in North America.
— Dec 25, 2022 02:58PM
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Rebecca
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State of Virginia was an absorbing illumination of Jefferson's thoughts on many political, social and cultural subjects. Some of his observations (especially on slavery and the comparison of black to white merits) are tortured and uncertain, betraying his internal anguish, and some are delightfully wry (commentary on local architecture). Ensconced in a fair bit of trivia, it was well worth reading.
— Dec 30, 2022 04:17PM
Rebecca
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Jefferson really struggled with his need to categorize, including people, and his innate belief in human equality. While he briefly acknowledges that the suffocating conditions of slavery would impact the opportunities for a brilliant black person to rise to notice, he soldiers on continuing to cite the immediate examples of mediocrity and pettiness that he observes in the enslaved community around him.
— Dec 30, 2022 07:25AM
