Jefferson Great Lives Observed Author:Adrienne Koch "Jefferson still lives because he dealt with basic issues as pertinent in our day to free society as in his," asserts historian Bernard Mayo. Abraham Lincoln stated that our third President's principles are — 'the definition and the axioms of free society," and John Dewey found Jefferson to be "the most universal as a human being" of all his cont... more »emporaries.
Modern commentaries by Mayo, Julian Boyd, Dumas Malone, and others, comments on Jefferson's public and private life by John Adams, James Madison, and John Marshall, and writings by Jefferson himself combine to reveal his lasting influence on America and to provide a unique portrait to the "Apostle of Liberty."« less