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...This document is a part of the Jefferson Papers Project, housed at the National Archives. “To Thomas Jefferson from Benjamin Banneker, 19 August 1791,” Founders Online, National Archives, last modified November 26, 2017, http://founders.archives.gov/do...

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The first volume of the catalogue in Thomas Jefferson's private collection.

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The first volume of the catalogue in Thomas Jefferson's private collection.

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...Among the plans proposed by the Library for the Jefferson Bicentennial was the publication of a catalogue of the library of Thomas Jefferson. It is a widely known fact that Jefferson's Library was purchased by Act of Congress in 1815 to replace the original library lost i...

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The last volume of the Thomas Jefferson Collection that includes the sources for the first four volumes as well as the conclusion to the Fine Arts.

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The first volume of the catalogue in Thomas Jefferson's private collection.

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...containing the first part of Fine Arts, the divergence has become so marked that it is apparent that the revised "fair copy" of his catalogue made by Jefferson, and used during the negotiations for the sale, differed substantially from his earlier version....

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...(527); Buck (555); UCLA Film and Television Archive (638). 40 See, e.g., Thomas (570) (describing a situation where two publishers both said the oth... ...David Grohmann David Barrett Garry Jaffe Steve Rhode Peter Moran Thomas A. Beckett/Law Offices of Thomas A. Beckett, PLLC OW0001-Miller OW... ...ummers/Night Flight Films, Ltd. John Lovering/WSCA-FM Maureen LaWent Thomas G. Field, Jr. Fred Jacabowitz Karl Miller/Pierian Recording Soci... ...i Hayden Brad Schrunk Luke Melia Deborah Monika Handley Jeffrey L. Thomas Jason Glazer/GARD Analytics OW0103-Kolle OW0104-Jaye OW0105-... ... OW0123-Hayden OW0124-Schrunk OW0125-Melia OW0126-Handley OW0127-Thomas OW0128-Glazer Page 5 of 28 U.S. Copyright Office - Orphan Works ... ... Reply Comments Joe Pierson/Chicago and North Western Historical Society Jefferson Moss Scott Lawton Scott G. Simms Vicki Lewis Thompson/Novel...

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...(527); Buck (555); UCLA Film and Television Archive (638). 40 See, e.g., Thomas (570) (describing a situation where two publishers both said the oth... ...David Grohmann David Barrett Garry Jaffe Steve Rhode Peter Moran Thomas A. Beckett/Law Offices of Thomas A. Beckett, PLLC OW0001-Miller OW... ...ummers/Night Flight Films, Ltd. John Lovering/WSCA-FM Maureen LaWent Thomas G. Field, Jr. Fred Jacabowitz Karl Miller/Pierian Recording Soci... ...i Hayden Brad Schrunk Luke Melia Deborah Monika Handley Jeffrey L. Thomas Jason Glazer/GARD Analytics OW0103-Kolle OW0104-Jaye OW0105-... ... OW0123-Hayden OW0124-Schrunk OW0125-Melia OW0126-Handley OW0127-Thomas OW0128-Glazer Page 5 of 28 U.S. Copyright Office - Orphan Works ... ... Reply Comments Joe Pierson/Chicago and North Western Historical Society Jefferson Moss Scott Lawton Scott G. Simms Vicki Lewis Thompson/Novel...

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...Thomas Jefferson posed a question, “What has been the effect of religious coercion?” His reply was, “To make half the world fools and the other half hypocrites.” Indeed, a true fool one must be to stands before this wo...

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...s a Conspiracy Against The People 46 Learning About The Society One Lives In From the TV 48 The Bigger The Lie, The Better 49 Historic Warnings of Thomas Jefferson 200 and of Upton Sinclair 100 Years Ago 50 WESTERN ACADEMICS (SOCIAL KIND) 51 Academic "Predictions" 53 Academic Job: Hiding Banker Owned Governments' Conspiracies 54 Western Hi-Story 55 CLEAR AND PRESEN...

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...ements) in the Hebrew and Aramaic languages through the use of Strong’s Hebrew Aramaic Dictionary, and a little known numeric grid referred to as the Thomas Jefferson Beale key. These further decipher the Genesis, or mystery of Atom and how it’s demise was also Christ’s demise. The book of Revelation foretelling or the re-Genesis of the atomic bond when it was broken by ...

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...bama - not in Richmond, Virginia. The term of office of the Confederate president - Jefferson Davis was the first elected - was six years, not four ... .... By the beginning of last century, everyone was snorting cocaine. Celebrities from Thomas Edison to Sarah Bernhart – not to mention Hollywood – ext... ...odern implement was designed and tested by Harold Brown with the active support of Thomas Edison. Carlos McDonald and A. P. Rockwell contributed to... ...istened bathroom tissues, each embossed with his name. Aptly named British plumber Thomas Crapper redesigned the modern toilet and received a serie... ...re than 35,000 volumes - out of 55,000 - went up in smoke, including two thirds of Thomas Jefferson's invaluable library. It was reconstructed, but... ... 35,000 volumes - out of 55,000 - went up in smoke, including two thirds of Thomas Jefferson's invaluable library. It was reconstructed, but nearly... ...eers, including George Washington. Hanson was followed by Elias Boudinot (1783), Thomas Mifflin (1784), Richard Henry Lee (1785), Nathan Gorman ...

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...ite of the illegals claiming that their human rights are being abused. As Thomas Hobbes observed centuries ago, the state must have absolute power to... ...hey only want the Jonas Salks when they are threatened by disease and the Thomas Jeffersons when they can no longer live under oppression. It goes ba... ...y want the Jonas Salks when they are threatened by disease and the Thomas Jeffersons when they can no longer live under oppression. It goes back to ...

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...til gotic, construit ă de Ordinul Dominicanilor. Ad ăposte şte mormântul Sf. Thomas d’Aquin... Pictur ă abstract ă (Bargoni) pe Rue du Taur. Pere ţ... ... ău... “Orice haos caut ă un centru în jurul c ăruia s ă se echilibreze...” (Thomas Carlyle). Mi s-a pierdut un bagaj la Otopeni, nem ţii de la “Lu... ...ontroale la poart ă în cele trei cl ădiri: “Madison” (cu reviste, sala 133), “Jefferson” (cu c ăr ţi în umanistic ă), “Adams” (c ăr ţi în ştiin ţă )... ... subterane, care trec pe sub str ăzi, leag ă cele trei cl ădiri: “Madison”, “Jefferson” şi “Adams”. – Washington-ul e un ora ş ireal, afirm ă Alexa... ... Un fost ata şat cultural la... Bucure şti! La European Reading Room (în Jefferson Building) m ă prezint ă lui Dr. Ernest Latham, american fost... ...inalitate din America! Cl ădirea Congresului SUA Cl ădirea "Jefferson" a Bibliotecii Congresului Cl ădirea "Adams" a Bibl...

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...(527); Buck (555); UCLA Film and Television Archive (638). 40 See, e.g., Thomas (570) (describing a situation where two publishers both said the oth... ...David Grohmann David Barrett Garry Jaffe Steve Rhode Peter Moran Thomas A. Beckett/Law Offices of Thomas A. Beckett, PLLC OW0001-Miller OW... ...ummers/Night Flight Films, Ltd. John Lovering/WSCA-FM Maureen LaWent Thomas G. Field, Jr. Fred Jacabowitz Karl Miller/Pierian Recording Soci... ...i Hayden Brad Schrunk Luke Melia Deborah Monika Handley Jeffrey L. Thomas Jason Glazer/GARD Analytics OW0103-Kolle OW0104-Jaye OW0105-... ... OW0123-Hayden OW0124-Schrunk OW0125-Melia OW0126-Handley OW0127-Thomas OW0128-Glazer Page 5 of 28 U.S. Copyright Office - Orphan Works ... ... Reply Comments Joe Pierson/Chicago and North Western Historical Society Jefferson Moss Scott Lawton Scott G. Simms Vicki Lewis Thompson/Novel...

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...d’s political ambitions and had secured for him the presidency, was indeed Thomas Jefferson’s love child, and as such, she had been the inheritor of ... ...itical ambitions and had secured for him the presidency, was indeed Thomas Jefferson’s love child, and as such, she had been the inheritor of a large...

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...PROPOSITIONS RESPECTING THE COINAGE OF GOLD, SILVER, AND COPPER. 66 Samuel Osgood and Walter Livingston’s April 8, 1786 Report 69 April 8, 1786 72 Thomas Jefferson’s 1791 Report 74 Alexander Hamilton’s January 1791 Report 79 Appendix D: Primary Coinage Acts 99 1792, April 2 100 1834, June 28 104 1837, January 18 105 1849, March 3 111 1853, February 21 112 1873,...

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...sed the ideas of Socrates, of Jesus, of Abraham, of Muhammad, of Buddha, of Jefferson, of Einstein.” -- “Was anybody opposed to Thomas Edison’s ... ...mad, of Buddha, of Jefferson, of Einstein.” -- “Was anybody opposed to Thomas Edison’s inventions, Chet?” —“I don’t think so. People only re... ...f Notre Dame did you have your pick of seminaries?” —“Sure did. And like Thomas Aquinas, I chose the Dominicans.” —“Ray, what is it that has... ...ght Wreck. We don’t know how many potential Albert Einsteins, Bill Gateses, Thomas Edisons, Nelson Mandelas, Thomas Jeffersons and Colin Powells are ... ...ial Albert Einsteins, Bill Gateses, Thomas Edisons, Nelson Mandelas, Thomas Jeffersons and Colin Powells are living in huts in Columbia, India, Afri...

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...ambia, Etowah, Fayette, Franklin, Geneva, Greene, Hale, Henry, Houston, Jackson, Jefferson, Lamar, Lauderdale, Lawrence, Lee, Limestone, Lowndes, Ma... ...and, Grant, Greene, Hempstead, Hot Spring, Howard, Independence, Izard, Jackson, Jefferson, Johnson, Lafayette, Lawrence, Lee, Lincoln, Little River... ...Elbert, Fremont, Garfield, Gilpin, Grand, Gunnison, Hinsdale, Huerfano, Jackson, Jefferson, Kiowa, Kit Carson, La Plata, Lake, Larimer, Las Animas, ... ...rdee, Hendry, Hernando, Highlands, Hillsborough, Holmes, Indian River, Jackson, Jefferson, Lafayette, Lake, Lee, Leon, Levy, Liberty, Madison, Mana... ...alson, Harris, Hart, Heard, Henry, Houston, Irwin, Jackson, Jasper, Jeff Davis, Jefferson, Jenkins, Johnson, Jones, Lamar, Lanier, Laurens, Lee, Lib... ...ephens, Stewart, Sumter, Talbot, Taliaferro, Tattnall, Taylor, Telfair, Terrell, Thomas, Tift, Toombs, Towns, Treutlen, Troup, Turner, Twiggs, Union... ... Seward, Shawnee, Sheridan, Sherman, Smith, Stafford, Stanton, Stevens, Sumner, Thomas, Trego, Wabaunsee, Wallace, Washington, Wichita, Wilson, Woo... ...arpy, Saunders, Scotts Bluff, Seward, Sheridan, Sherman, Sioux, Stanton, Thayer, Thomas, Thurston, Valley, Washington, Wayne, Webster, Wheeler, York...

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... would fill volumes. Suffice it here to single out two famous Americans, Thomas Jefferson for his belief in print power, and Benjamin Franklin for ... ...fill volumes. Suffice it here to single out two famous Americans, Thomas Jefferson for his belief in print power, and Benjamin Franklin for his pri... ...print power, and Benjamin Franklin for his printer pride. As president, Jefferson cited democracy’s debt to the preservative powers of print. Pri... ...came off Caxton‘s press. They included Chaucer‘s Canterbury Tales and Sir Thomas Mallory‘s Morte de Arthur. The first ―creative publisher,‖ Caxton... ...ther mechanical geniuses, such as Eli Whitney, Alexander Graham Bell, and Thomas Edison. America in the late nineteenth century Almost half of thi... ...ld‖ Ottmar Mergenthaler never acquired a title like preeminent inventor Thomas Edison‘s ―The Wizard of Menlo Park,‖ but it was Edison who dubbed M... ...most famous Europeans and Americans were Guglielmo Marconi, Nikola Tesla, Thomas Edison, Alexander Graham Bell, Thomas Watson, Lee DeForest, William... ... be both ignorant and free.‖ —Thomas Jefferson. Acknowledgments I wish to thank Martin M. Cummings, ...

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... poor. ―We can glean some of these trends from the predictions of Thomas Malthus in his essays on the principles of population from 1798 to ... ...years you have developed a national religious tradition that I‘m sure has Jefferson turning over in his grave. ―India is ahead of us in the ... ... We have already adopted paid temporary sterilizations 31 ―Your Thomas Jefferson said that ‗The art of government consists in the art of be... ...e already adopted paid temporary sterilizations 31 ―Your Thomas Jefferson said that ‗The art of government consists in the art of being ho... ...eir share of heretics, but I think that secular witches like Socrates and Thomas More suffered similarly for their intelligent views. I believe that... ... Engels, Lenin, and Mao. If people read Rousseau, the Gita, the Bible, and Jefferson they would be more likely to criticize socialistic totalitariani... ...er of Pisa. The two objects fell at the same speed. ―I dare say that Thomas Jefferson or George Washington would be ardent physical scientists ... ...isa. The two objects fell at the same speed. ―I dare say that Thomas Jefferson or George Washington would be ardent physical scientists today a... ...y talking about our duties to others, and what we can expect from others. Jefferson‘s call for ‗life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness‘ was a ...

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...arted when the child 49 was born. The Christian idea, as developed by Thomas Aquinas based on the ideas of Aristotle, was that boy babies got th... ...eption and girl babies got theirs 6 to 8 seeks after conception. Although Thomas seemed to settle on 40 days as being the magical moment. However an... ...p, thrown into the fire and burned.‘ ―Christian theologians, like Thomas Aquinas, approved of the inquisitional methods. ‗Wherefore if forge... ...arantees in your Constitution. Among your American deistic founders were: Thomas Jefferson, James Madison, Ben Franklin, John Adams, Ethan Allen, Th... ...s in your Constitution. Among your American deistic founders were: Thomas Jefferson, James Madison, Ben Franklin, John Adams, Ethan Allen, Thomas Pa... ...enced by the ‗freethinker‘ John Locke. John Adams, your second president, Thomas Jefferson, your third president, and James Madison, your fourth pres... ...y the ‗freethinker‘ John Locke. John Adams, your second president, Thomas Jefferson, your third president, and James Madison, your fourth president, ... ... made to their electorate who were traditional theists. ―Thomas Jefferson may well have been your most influential president. He not only ... ...edly the greatest amount of intellectual talent in this room since Thomas Jefferson dined alone.‘‖ --―I knew he was greatly respected, Con, but...

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...r In Hardware, Glass, Paints, Oils and Varnishes Bank Block Spring: Street THOMAS RAcMAHON, Livery and Boarding Stal>lea Uain and Sooth Strssm, Oppoei... ...ti iintiii; PiiRETiLi NEATHi:!:;. fliii' liiiw-mn WLAI 111! I»1>'l(l\'i:il THOMAS KcMAHOK, Livery and Boardinj SuWee Mais A3m Stvcnrs Srcxsn, Lm« Kata... ...mes A. Ide, Charles C, Jamieson. Charles Judson, J. Ford Kent, Edwin King, Thomas A. Knickerbocker, John H. Knox. George Gibbits Lane, Frank N. Mann, ... ...r in Hardware, Glass, Paints, Oils and Varnishes Bank Block Spring: Street THOMAS McMAHON, Livery and Boarding Stat>lea Main and South Stkrbts, Opposi... ...don receipt of price. IEO.rSOBTCO.,IIaken Boston,MsiB..T7.B.A. ALWAYS EASY THOMAS McMAHON. Livery and Boardlns StaMea Maim and South Stkjucts, Opposit... ...cluded selections from the ''Spring Chicken," Dr. Messick took the part of Jefferson Davis Jones. Dr. Messick was unre- cognizable under bis disguise ... ...me, Weston Field. SUNDAY, MAY 26 10.80a. m.—College Chapel. Dr. Charles E. Jefferson of the Broadway Taberna- cle, New York city, will preach. 7.80 p.... ...sue. THEWILLSUPREME Three Rules for Cultivatinfr the Will Explained by Dr. Jefferson At the Y. M. C. A. meeting in .Tesup Hall Sunday evening Dr. Char... ...on At the Y. M. C. A. meeting in .Tesup Hall Sunday evening Dr. Charles E. Jefferson of the Broad- way Tabernacle, New York city, spoke on "The Discip...

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..., thou seest us both. 84 The Christian passage underlying this poem reads: Thomas asked him: “Master, we do not know where you are going. How can we k... ... renown, Spinoza (Jewish, seventeenth century) was ultimately rejected 92. Thomas a Kempis, The Imitation of Christ, Fontana Books, London and Glasgow... ... Maid of Orleans, 113 who was unconsciously imitated by the devout dreamer Thomas Ignaz Martin at the time of Louis XVI. 114 111. I.e., doing intellec... ...ent. These expectations were recorded in writing. The white man might be a Jeffersonian believer in the French Enlightenment, or an earnest Christian ... ...ogically on many ideas summed up in Locke’s philosophy, as transmitted via Thomas Jefferson. Locke’s Second Treatise of Government (containing a land ... ...y on many ideas summed up in Locke’s philosophy, as transmitted via Thomas Jefferson. Locke’s Second Treatise of Government (containing a land philoso... ...English monarch, resulting in a triumph for the rights of the land owners. Thomas Jefferson, the great Colonial and early American statesman, had thro... ... monarch, resulting in a triumph for the rights of the land owners. Thomas Jefferson, the great Colonial and early American statesman, had throughout ... ...ly, however, in favor of relocating them on reservations. To Locke, one of Jefferson’s most es- teemed ideological mentors, as to Jefferson also, it w...

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...afayette, with help from his friend and neighbor, American envoy to France, Thomas Jefferson. Lafayette, you may recall, had come to the Colonies... ...e, with help from his friend and neighbor, American envoy to France, Thomas Jefferson. Lafayette, you may recall, had come to the Colonies at age...

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...rnal. They are from the 4th century Coptic book, The Gospel According to Thomas, discovered in Hammadi, Egypt, quoted through the courtesy of the... ...paper, let flood a bevy of immortal words above a sea of faces... ...for Thomas Combe. The Roebuck on the Atlan... ...ess writing. Henley Street December 24, 1615 Scene: Seashore Lord Thomas Was it yesterday? Philo No—it was the day before—at night. T... ...When...when was it? Philo Speak lower...they’ll overhear us! Sssh! Thomas I didn’t bury her the day before. No man buries SHAKESPEARE’S JOUR... ...—I leave my clothes. Why? To Elizabeth Hall, I leave my silverware... To Thomas Combe, my sword. (I liked that sword...its inlaid hilt!) To Richard... ...ave to regulate a work week. The White House December 16, 1863 Thomas Jefferson was a great man, but no great American keeps slaves, and Jeffers... ...ation. With his eye on the presidency he has not spared me. As friend of Jefferson Davis and his wife, I have had to work to allay suspi- cions, sus... ...e writing evolves another way. In pensive mood I realize that President Jefferson Davis sits at his desk in his White House. I sit at my desk in m... ...because he is a just and careful man. I imagine he remembers that Tho- mas Jefferson kept slaves. Does he know that there are some 200,000 blacks ser...

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...world (read: the church doctrine) and meritocratic (democratic) capitalism? Could Thomas Aquinas' "Summa Theologica" (the world as the body of Chr... ... replaced by new one. This is a change of paradigm (superbly described by the late Thomas Kuhn in his masterpiece: "The Structure of Scientific Rev... ...duce us to other points of view ("what is it like to be someone else" to paraphrase Thomas Nagle). By providing a bridge between the subjective (inn... ... not only the social contract but, many will add, covenants with God or nature. St. Thomas Aquinas wrote in the "Summa Theologiae" that - since org... ... not only the social contract but, many will add, covenants with God or nature. St. Thomas Aquinas wrote in the "Summa Theologiae" that - since or... ...ating the impeachment of the President of the United States of America, Mr. William Jefferson Clinton. One is clearly Anti-Clinton (AC) the other, a... ...Economist" carried last December the story of the agricultural technologist Richard Jefferson who helps "local plant breeders and growers develop t...

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...world (read: the church doctrine) and meritocratic (democratic) capitalism? Could Thomas Aquinas' "Summa Theologica" (the world as the body of Chr... ... replaced by new one. This is a change of paradigm (superbly described by the late Thomas Kuhn in his masterpiece: "The Structure of Scientific Rev... ...duce us to other points of view ("what is it like to be someone else" to paraphrase Thomas Nagle). By providing a bridge between the subjective (inn... ... not only the social contract but, many will add, covenants with God or nature. St. Thomas Aquinas wrote in the "Summa Theologiae" that - since org... ... not only the social contract but, many will add, covenants with God or nature. St. Thomas Aquinas wrote in the "Summa Theologiae" that - since or... ...ating the impeachment of the President of the United States of America, Mr. William Jefferson Clinton. One is clearly Anti-Clinton (AC) the other, a... ...Economist" carried last December the story of the agricultural technologist Richard Jefferson who helps "local plant breeders and growers develop t...

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...erie, market discipline. Nor is it regulation. Nobel Prize winner Joseph Stiglitz, Thomas Hellman, and Kevin Murdock concluded in their 1998 paper ... ...Economist" carried last December the story of the agricultural technologist Richard Jefferson who helps "local plant breeders and growers develop th... ... replaced by new one. This is a change of paradigm (superbly described by the late Thomas Kuhn in his masterpiece: "The Structure of Scientific Rev...

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...nt of people devoted to repairing and maintaining the materials in the library. Even so, there are certain materials that simply cannot be handled. Thomas Jefferson’s version of the Declaration of Independence for example, or a rare copy of the Gutenberg Bible, cannot be handled or read by patrons. They’re simply too precious as artifacts. Another problem libraries arou...

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... would fill volumes. Suffice it here to single out two famous Americans, Thomas Jefferson for his belief in print power, and Benjamin Franklin for ... ...fill volumes. Suffice it here to single out two famous Americans, Thomas Jefferson for his belief in print power, and Benjamin Franklin for his pri... ...int power, and Benjamin Franklin for his printer pride. As president, Jefferson cited democracy’s debt to the preservative powers of print. Pri... ...came off Caxton‘s press. They included Chaucer‘s Canterbury Tales and Sir Thomas Mallory‘s Morte de Arthur. The first ―creative publisher,‖ Caxt... ...ther mechanical geniuses, such as Eli Whitney, Alexander Graham Bell, and Thomas Edison. America in the late nineteenth century Almost half of t... ...ld‖ Ottmar Mergenthaler never acquired a title like preeminent inventor Thomas Edison‘s ―The Wizard of Menlo Park,‖ but it was Edison who dubbed M... ...most famous Europeans and Americans were Guglielmo Marconi, Nikola Tesla, Thomas Edison, Alexander Graham Bell, Thomas Watson, Lee DeForest, William... ... be both ignorant and free.‖ —Thomas Jefferson. Acknowledgments I wish to thank Martin M. Cummings...

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...uch more interested in catching a football than in pitching woo. I guess my celibate life was pre-ordained!‖ —―I get the pun. I‘m sure Thomas... ...of him ‗I have an idiot for a son.‘ American president Woodrow Wilson, who had also been the president of Princeton University, was dyslexic. Thomas... ...in our unconscious minds, are we not really what we have accomplished? Whether it be as a loving Mother Theresa, a practical scientist such as Thomas... ...Y TO BE HAPPY ―Achieving universal happiness may be even more difficult than getting universal licensing for parents. You remember that your Thomas... ... HAPPY ―Achieving universal happiness may be even more difficult than getting universal licensing for parents. You remember that your Thomas Jeffer... ... 136 —"It seems like the sages have said the same thing throughout history. One of my favorites is a quote from Thomas... ... 136 —"It seems like the sages have said the same thing throughout history. One of my favorites is a quote from Thomas Jeffer...