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Writing a Short Biography of Jefferson

Given by Richard Bernstein, legal historian and author (from May 25, 2004).
(Talk sponsored by the Progress Printing)

  PART I: The Seed of the Biography (4:22)
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  PART II: A Revolution in History and Jefferson, the Lawyer (3:57)
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  PART III: What Jefferson Was Trying to Tell Us (4:53)
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  PART IV: Thomas Jefferson vs. Alexander Hamilton (5:12)
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  PART V: The Irony of Jefferson's Eloquence (4:12) 
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PART VI: The Paradox of Jefferson's Legacy (3:59)
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 Questions and Answers

What did you leave out of the biography that you wished you hadn't? (2:44)
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What if the Virginia Statute for Religious Freedom where put to a vote today? (2:16)
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