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To: Rambi who wrote (33158)	3/6/2004 11:09:25 PM
From: gamesmistress	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 793911

That book about Jefferson sounds really interesting - I'll have to see if I can find it. We typically are given such a one-dimensional picture of the Founding Fathers, and they certainly were quite complex characters. Jefferson strikes me as a man with a vision of what government should be, and what is best about the American way of life, but did not have the courage to show the highest example himself, regardless of the political realities of the times. But the way the Founding Fathers managed to create a form of government that allowed for radical change over time, that allowed for but contained the "pugnacious humor" that you speak of (except of course for the Civil War) was nothing short of genius. Nothing is pure You said it.