...gratitude, the veneration of your countrymen." CHAPTER X JEFFERSON IN RETIREMENT I have sworn upon the attar of God eternal hostility against every form of tyranny over the mind of man. (Jefferson to Benjamin Rush, September 23, 1800.) SEVENTEEN years of life were left to Thomas Jefferson...

...if it is enslaved to what is bad. It is free if it is enslaved to what is good," and Jefferson's "/ have sworn u,pon the altar of God eternal hostility...against every form of tyranny over the mind of man." One may overlook how much closer Mr. Hutchins's despair is to "Fully aware of the decline of cultures...

...of admiration, And all the fair examples of renown Out of distress and misery are grown. —Daniel. I have sworn upon the altar of God eternal hostility against every form of tyranny over the mind of man.—Jefferson. Next to acquiring good friends, the best acquisition is that of good books.—Colton....

...donations, paid the bill, and secured the release of the property. THE CATACOMBS UNDER THE HILLS NEAR ROME I have sworn upon the altar of God eternal hostility...against every form of tyranny over the mind of man. — Thomas Jefferson. " Wherever they [the early Christians] sought refuge, the followers of Christ...

...and will of everybody into a perfect smoothness. We need to say with Thomas Jefferson, " I have sworn eternal hostility against every form of tyranny over the mind of man." We come, then to an inevitable conclusion: in the realm of ideas standardization means death. Society...

...democracy forever secure. It was in fulfillment of an oath taken many years before : "I have sworn eternal hostility against every form of tyranny over the mind of man !" His eager work continued until the very end. He rode his fiery horse until he was so feeble that...

...proposal is made to establish a State Church. "Jefferson is first to speak his impetuous message : " 'I have sworn upon the altar of God, eternal hostility...against every form of tyranny over the mind of man — ' "Madison, who presides, is slower and more careful but none the less forceful in his opposition...

..."nothing is at last sacred but the integrity of their own minds." We need to say with Thomas Jefferson: "I have sworn upon the altar of God eternal hostility...against every, form of tyranny over the mind of man." We need to breed a scepticism of intellectual authority, a distaste for unruffled unanimities, a toleration...

...have so justly abdicated," and was as emphatic as on the day he wrote his ringing "I have sworn on the altar of God eternal hostility against every form of tyranny over the mind of man." An evolutionist before the days of Darwin, a scientist of note in the scientific world of his day,...

...1800, in one of his last letters before the election, " threatens abortion to their hopes, and they believe that any portion of power confided to me will...against every form of tyranny over the mind of man." In all Jefferson's career it is impossible to find a single instance of religious conformity or of...