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Light and liberty : reflections on the pursuit of happiness / edited by Eric S. Petersen.
LIBRA E302 .J442 2004
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Petersen, Eric.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826--Quotations.
- Jefferson, Thomas.
- Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826.
- Conduct of life--Quotations, maxims, etc.
- Conduct of life.
- Genre:
- Quotations.
- Physical Description:
- xiii, 154 pages ; 21 cm
- Edition:
- 2004 Modern Library edition.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Modern Library, 2004.
- Summary:
- Pulled from more than 20,000 personal letters, speeches, essays, and public documents, Light and Liberty captures Thomas Jefferson's wisdom on how to lead a spirtually fulfilling life. Eric Petersen has edited the volume in a scholarly manner, checking published works against original documents and conferring with three major repositories of Jefferson papers--Monticello, the University of Virginia, and Princeton. Stiching together roughly 700 individual phrases and sentences, Peterson has created short essays on Patriotism, Liberty, Hope, Life Acceptance, Forgiveness, Patience, Humility, and Happiness, among others, which offer profound wisdom and inspiration, all in the remarkably consistent, remarkably insightful voice of Thomas Jefferson.
- Notes:
- "Collection of essays pieced together from 700 individual phrases found in Jefferson's writings"--CIP data sheet.
- ISBN:
- 0679643117
- OCLC:
- 52980436
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