The Spirit of America: Words of Advice from the Founders in Stories, Letters, Poems and SpeechesWilliam J. Bennett This inspiring and instructive collection of writings by the nation's founders, compiled by the author of "The Book of Virtues" and "The Moral Compass", celebrates our country's most cherished public and private virtues. Illustrations. |
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... JEFFERSON John Adams - Thomas Jefferson Reconciliation 1809-1812 * ADAMS and Jefferson became friends in 1775 , when they were both serving in the Continental Congress . They made an unlikely pair . Adams was a short and paunchy ...
... JEFFERSON John Adams - Thomas Jefferson Reconciliation 1809-1812 * ADAMS and Jefferson became friends in 1775 , when they were both serving in the Continental Congress . They made an unlikely pair . Adams was a short and paunchy ...
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... Thomas Jefferson . 12 vols . New York and London : G.P. Putnam's Sons , 1904-1905 . Frost , John . Lives of the Heroes of the American Revolution . Boston : Phillips & Samson , 1848 . Grant , Ruth W. and Nathan Tarcov , eds . John Locke ...
... Thomas Jefferson . 12 vols . New York and London : G.P. Putnam's Sons , 1904-1905 . Frost , John . Lives of the Heroes of the American Revolution . Boston : Phillips & Samson , 1848 . Grant , Ruth W. and Nathan Tarcov , eds . John Locke ...
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... Thomas Jefferson to John Adams : November 13 , 1818 , January 21 , 1812 , October 12 , 1823 , March 25 , 1826 , and December 10 , 1819 ; Thomas Jefferson to Abigail Adams : September 25 , 1785 and June 13 , 1804 ; Abigail Adams to Thomas ...
... Thomas Jefferson to John Adams : November 13 , 1818 , January 21 , 1812 , October 12 , 1823 , March 25 , 1826 , and December 10 , 1819 ; Thomas Jefferson to Abigail Adams : September 25 , 1785 and June 13 , 1804 ; Abigail Adams to Thomas ...
Contents
INTRODUCTION | 15 |
PATRIOTISM AND COURAGE | 23 |
LOVE AND COURTSHIP | 99 |
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