In Jefferson's mind great historical leaps forward were almost always the product of a purging, which freed societies from the accumulated debris of the past and thereby allowed the previously obstructed natural forces to flow forward into the future. Simplicity and austerity, not equality or individualism, were the messages of his inaugural march. It was a minimalist statement about a purging of excess and a recovery of essence.
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God was not in the details for Jefferson; he was in the sky and stars.
Joseph J. EllisTag: american-revolution thomas-jefferson
The old adage applied: if God were in the details, Colonel Washington would have been there to greet him upon arrival.
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