Monday, March 30, 2015

Thomas Jefferson's 1785 Letter on Differences Between Northerners and Southerners


JEFFERSON ON THE QUALITIES OF NORTHERNERS AND SOUTHERNERS
In the North they are
In the South they are
coolfiery
sobervoluptuary
laboriousindolent
perseveringunsteady
independant [sic]independant [sic]
jealous of their own liberties, and just to those of otherszealous for their own liberties, but trampling on those of others.
interestedgenerous
chicaningcandid
superstitious and hypocritical in their religionwithout attachment or pretensions to any religion but that of the heart.

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