Notes on the State of VirginiaLilly and Wait, 1832 - 280 páginas Notes on the State of Virginia by Thomas Jefferson, first published in 1832, is a rare manuscript, the original residing in one of the great libraries of the world. This book is a reproduction of that original, which has been scanned and cleaned by state-of-the-art publishing tools for better readability and enhanced appreciation. Restoration Editors' mission is to bring long out of print manuscripts back to life. Some smudges, annotations or unclear text may still exist, due to permanent damage to the original work. We believe the literary significance of the text justifies offering this reproduction, allowing a new generation to appreciate it. |
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... ridges like the steps of stairs . The mountains of the Blue ridge , and of these the Peaks of Otter , are thought to be of a greater height , measured from their base , than any others in our country , and perhaps in North America ...
... ridges like the steps of stairs . The mountains of the Blue ridge , and of these the Peaks of Otter , are thought to be of a greater height , measured from their base , than any others in our country , and perhaps in North America ...
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... ridge , near the intersection of the Rockingham and Augusta line with the south fork of the southern river of Shenandoah . It is in a hill of about 200 feet per- pendicular height , the ascent of which , on one side , is so steep , that ...
... ridge , near the intersection of the Rockingham and Augusta line with the south fork of the southern river of Shenandoah . It is in a hill of about 200 feet per- pendicular height , the ascent of which , on one side , is so steep , that ...
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... ridge . You descend 30 or 40 feet , as into a well , from whence the cave then extends , nearly horizontally , 400 feet into the earth , preserving a breadth of from 20 to 50 feet , and a height of from 5 to 12 feet . After enter- ing ...
... ridge . You descend 30 or 40 feet , as into a well , from whence the cave then extends , nearly horizontally , 400 feet into the earth , preserving a breadth of from 20 to 50 feet , and a height of from 5 to 12 feet . After enter- ing ...
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... Ridge ou the other , at the distance each of them of about five miles . This bridge is in the County of Rockbridge , to which it has given name , and affords a public and commodi- ous passage over a valley , which cannot be crossed ...
... Ridge ou the other , at the distance each of them of about five miles . This bridge is in the County of Rockbridge , to which it has given name , and affords a public and commodi- ous passage over a valley , which cannot be crossed ...
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... ridge , from whence a tou weight has been brought ou two canoes . The great Kanhaway has considerable falls in the neighbourhood of the mines . About seven miles below are three falls , of three or four feet perpendicular each ; and ...
... ridge , from whence a tou weight has been brought ou two canoes . The great Kanhaway has considerable falls in the neighbourhood of the mines . About seven miles below are three falls , of three or four feet perpendicular each ; and ...
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Página 275 - If there be any among us who would wish to dissolve this Union or to change its republican form, let them stand undisturbed as monuments of the safety with which error of opinion may be tolerated where reason is left free to combat it.
Página 276 - Equal and exact justice to all men, of whatever state or persuasion, religious or political ; peace, commerce, and honest friendship, with all nations — entangling alliances with none ; the support of the State governments in all their rights, as the most competent administrations for our domestic concerns and the surest bulwarks against anti-republican tendencies...
Página 66 - I appeal to any white man to say, if ever he entered Logan's cabin hungry, and he gave him not meat: if ever he came cold and naked, and he clothed him not. During the course of the last long and bloody war, Logan remained idle in his cabin, an advocate for peace. Such was my love for the whites, that my countrymen pointed as they passed, and said, ' Logan is the friend of white men.
Página 234 - ... that to compel a man to furnish contributions of money for the propagation of opinions which he disbelieves and abhors is sinful and tyrannical; that even the forcing him to support this or that teacher of his own religious persuasion is depriving him of the comfortable liberty of giving his contributions to the particular pastor whose morals he would make his pattern...
Página 170 - The parent storms, the child looks on, catches the lineaments of wrath, puts on the same airs in the circle of smaller slaves, gives a loose to his worst of passions, and thus nursed, educated, and daily exercised in tyranny, cannot but be stamped by it with odious peculiarities.
Página 273 - A rising nation, spread over a wide and fruitful land, traversing all the seas with the rich productions of their industry, engaged in commerce with nations who feel power and forget right...
Página 172 - ... phenomenon of which no age nor nation has furnished an example. It is the mark set on those, who, not looking up to heaven, to their own soil and industry, as does the husbandman, for their subsistence, depend for it on casualties and caprice of customers. Dependence begets subservience and venality, suffocates the germ of virtue, and prepares fit tools for the designs of ambition.
Página 277 - ... freedom of religion; freedom of the press; freedom of person under the protection of the habeas corpus; and trial by juries impartially selected - these principles form the bright constellation which has gone before us, and guided our steps through an age of revolution and reformation.
Página 275 - I believe this, on the contrary, the strongest Government on earth. I believe it the only one where every man, at the call of the law, would fly to the standard of the law, and would meet invasions of the public order as his own personal concern.
Página 239 - There runs not a drop of my blood in the veins of any living creature. This called on me for revenge. I have sought it: I have killed many: I have fully glutted my vengeance: for my country I rejoice at the beams of peace. But do not harbor a thought that mine is the joy of fear.
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Racist Culture: Philosophy and the Politics of Meaning David Theo Goldberg Sin vista previa disponible - 1993 |