#1260 The Final Years (Part Two)
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🗓️ 14 November 2017
⏱️ 60 minutes
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Summary
"at best it is but the life of a mill-horse, who sees no end to his circle but in death. to such a life that of a cabbage is paradise."
— Thomas Jefferson, 27 June 1822
This week, we return with part two of the last three shows of the Jefferson 101 biography series, and continue our discussion of Jefferson's final years in retirement at Monticello.
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Thomas Jefferson is interpreted by Clay S. Jenkinson.
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| 0:00.0 | Well here we are back again podcast listeners for another Jefferson 101 series it was going to be the last |
| 0:08.4 | We couldn't do it David you laughed at me and said we'll never be able to do it and guess what you were right? |
| 0:13.7 | I don't think it's necessarily the economy of historical account. |
| 0:20.1 | I think it's that we were both reluctant to finish the series and to let Thomas Jefferson die. |
| 0:25.0 | Well, I know, I thought we were going to do a 102 next year and get into more detail for those who have graduated. |
| 0:32.0 | Yeah, what's better than 101? |
| 0:34.0 | 102 and even longer biographical. |
| 0:37.0 | You know, but it's been such great fun, you know, |
| 0:40.0 | now we're talking about what to do with this. |
| 0:41.0 | So we have, I don't know, 18 or or 19 maybe more of these I'd like to take all of them |
| 0:46.6 | and to cut out some pieces of it of course and to shorten and tighten and all of that |
| 0:51.6 | but maybe to create a eight or nine hour biography of |
| 0:55.3 | Thomas Jefferson that we could offer to our preferred listeners. |
| 0:58.5 | Our 1776 club members. |
| 1:00.5 | Yes, and others who might wish to purchase it, but it's been such fun because it's one thing to be Jefferson, of course I get to do with that all of the time and I love it. |
| 1:08.0 | But in some ways I also greatly enjoy being out of character and talking about Jefferson based upon our reading. |
| 1:16.0 | And here's what strikes me so interesting. |
| 1:18.0 | More books every year, every month. |
| 1:20.0 | That's what I was going to say is you increase the stack of my reading table every time you come in. |
| 1:28.3 | I thank you for it. |
| 1:29.3 | I was in a bookstore. |
| 1:30.5 | I was in Tallahassee, Florida and Thomasville, Georgia, and I love both |
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