“ Jefferson determined the lodestar that lay hidden in the motivations of others ”
Jefferson was the rare student who came to college already knowing that there could be joy in studying.
~ John Ferling
Jefferson attributes to a college professor and mentor his lifelong habit of questioning conventional wisdom.
The feelings of politicians are rarely transparent.
The author characterizes Hamilton's tone in the Federalist papers by saying that he never spoke of problems but of being at the last stage in the crisis.
