 HERE WAS BURIED THOMAS JEFFERSON AUTHOR OF THE DECLARATION OF AMERICAN INDEPENDENCE, OF THE STATUTE OF VIRGINIA FOR RELIGIOUS FREEDOM, AND FATHER OF THE UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA: because by these, as testimonials that I have lived, I wish most to be remembered.  Science - Page 261920Full view - About this book
 | 2005 - 466 pages
...epitaph, enumerating what he regarded as his three principal services to mankind : " Here lies buried Author of the Declaration of Independence; Of the...Religious Freedom; And father of the University of Virginia." THOMAS JEFFERSON, Freedom of the State ! freedom of the soul ! freedom of education ! Just... | |
 | Carol H. Behrman - 2005 - 44 pages
...prepared the words for his gravestone. It listed what he thought of as his most important achievements. Here was buried Thomas Jefferson Author of the Declaration...Independence Of the Statute of Virginia for religious toleration & Father of the University of Virginia More than one hundred years after Jefferson's death,... | |
 | Francis Wheen - 2005 - 340 pages
...of every denomination." To judge by his self-penned epitaph ("Author of the Declaration of American Independence, of the Statute of Virginia for Religious Freedom, and Father of the University of Virginia"), Jefferson took greater pride in this accomplishment than in having been the third president... | |
 | William Barclay Napton - 2005 - 668 pages
...Jefferson's epitaph reads: "Here was buried Thomas Jefferson, author of the Declaration of American Independence, of the Statute of Virginia for Religious Freedom, and Father of the University of Virginia." Sometime after 1885 the Napton children exhumed their parents' remains and reburied them,... | |
 | George Anastaplo - 2005 - 918 pages
...inscription, and not a word more," Here was buried Thomas Jefferson Author of the Declaration of American Independence of the Statute of Virginia for religious freedom and Father of the University of Virginia. [The Complete Jefferson, ed. Saul K. Padover (New York: Duell, Sloan & Pearce, 1943), p.... | |
 | Pablo Campos Calvo-Sotelo - 2006 - 366 pages
...three of his achievements were remembered: "Here was buried Thomas Jefferson; author of the American Declaration of Independence; Of the Statute of Virginia...Religious Freedom; and Father of the University of Virginia" (fig. 274). Figure 274. Jefferson's Residence in Monticello (Charlottesville, USA). It is... | |
 | Carmine Gallo - 2006 - 241 pages
...chose twenty-two words to describe his life's accomplishments: Author of the Declaration of American Independence of the Statute of Virginia for Religious Freedom and Father of the University of Virginia. I hope this chapter has helped you appreciate the power of conciseness. Respect your listener's... | |
 | Jerry Sorlucco - 2006 - 461 pages
...the prestigious public offices that he held, but says simply: "author of the Declaration of American Independence, of the Statute of Virginia for religious freedom, and Father of the University of Virginia." The Second Congress signed the Declaration on July 4, 1776 and adjourned on December 12,... | |
 | Kira Gale - 2006 - 275 pages
...Jefferson's Epitaph {in his own words) Here was buried THOMAS JEFFERSON Author of the Declaration of American Independence of the Statute of Virginia for Religious Freedom and Father of the University of Virginia UNIV OF VIRGINIA ROTUNDA (NHL) The Rotunda and other buildings were designed by Jefferson... | |
 | Editors of Chase's - 2006 - 306 pages
...1826, wrote his own epitaph: "Here was buried Thomas Jefferson, author of the Declaration of American Independence, of the statute of Virginia for religious freedom, and father of the University of Virginia." A holiday in Alabama and Oklahoma. For info: www.ipl.org/ref/POTUS or Thomas Jefferson:... | |
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