March 23, 2005
Help Wanted
Doug TenNapel and i have been trying to find the source of the following
quote, allegedly made by Thomas Jefferson.
The care of human life and happiness, and not their destruction, is the first and only object of good government.
We've both searched a few Jefferson sites, but come up empty. The
Jefferson Digital Archive is run by the University of Virginia (which TJ founded), so you'd think it would be comprehensive. But a search for that quote yields no results.
i maintain a Missourian's attitude towards the Virginian's quote. Unless i know where it came from, i am not willing to believe that TJ actually said it. It sounds like something someone made up and attributed to Jefferson to give the quote more weight.
Now i know there are some Jefferson scholars in my audience. What do you folks think?
Update: Wow, that was fast!
Publicola found the source, which is an 1809 letter from TJ to Maryland Republicans. The quote can be found at page 359 of volume 16 in the 20 volume set, The Writings of Thomas Jefferson (ME) Memorial Edition (Lipscomb and Bergh, editors), Washington, D.C., 1903-04.
The legend of Publicola continues...
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http://etext.lib.virginia.edu/jefferson/quotations/jeff0650.htm
It's the first bold quote on that page.
Initially I thought it may have been a paraphrase since Jefferson was THE MAN when it came to ideas about limited government. But it seems to have been a documentable quote of his.
Posted by: Publicola at March 24, 2005 03:13 AM (DQj8i)
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Excellent. You da man, Publicola!
Posted by: annika at March 24, 2005 06:45 AM (p7T88)
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The legend of Publicola? I don't know the person, but is he/she able to devour a dusty treatise in one sitting? Calculate the location of John Quincy Adams' death to the nearest millimeter?
I have to admit that I truly AM impressed. My brain only half recalls things, which doesn't help.
Posted by: Ontario Emperor at March 24, 2005 12:37 PM (v9NCH)
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I haven't looked through here to find your quote, but it might be worth a search. Some friends of mine have been assembling this site for a couple of years. I'm not certain how comprehensive it is.
http://www.1776.prodos.org/
Posted by: Mr.Atos at March 24, 2005 06:44 PM (fJPCR)
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I'm not sure, but I think this is on one of the four walls of the Jefferson Monument in Washington, as well.
Posted by: shelly at March 25, 2005 03:12 AM (+7VNs)
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You may already have this ...
http://personal.pitnet.net/primarysources/
If not, it's the best resource I have.
Posted by: Rodger Schultz at March 25, 2005 07:18 PM (Gv+p1)
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March 02, 2005
Bubba Is Dead
Bubba,
the giant lobster, is dead.
Update: At 24 lbs., they could feed 32 mourners using this recipe. They should try it at Bubba's after-funeral pot luck.
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goodness, poor bubba-lobby... i think it was in our news yesterday night... wasnt paying to much attention as i was at a friends and they had the tv on... yes, we have dont have alot of crime here in good old mtl... heee... have a good one...
Posted by: maizzy at March 03, 2005 06:01 AM (J6XIN)
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mmmmmmmmmmmmm...lobster....
Posted by: Pursuit at March 03, 2005 08:18 AM (VqIuy)
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He was a big 'ol boy, but I saw one approximately a foot larger in Thailand in 1986. They say that one weighed 40 pounds. I love lobster, but more experienced people have told me really gigantic bugs like these don't taste all that good.
Posted by: JD at March 03, 2005 08:38 AM (pQrtL)
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did you hear what peta (People for Eating Tasty Animals) wanted to do with him?
Posted by: cube at March 07, 2005 09:39 AM (nyNr0)
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