JEFFERSON ON THE QUALITIES OF NORTHERNERS AND SOUTHERNERS
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In the North they are
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In the South they are
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cool | fiery |
sober | voluptuary |
laborious | indolent |
persevering | unsteady |
independant [sic] | independant [sic] |
jealous of their own liberties, and just to those of others | zealous for their own liberties, but trampling on those of others. |
interested | generous |
chicaning | candid |
superstitious and hypocritical in their religion | without attachment or pretensions to any religion but that of the heart. |
Monday, March 30, 2015
Thomas Jefferson's 1785 Letter on Differences Between Northerners and Southerners
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