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Subject: jefferson
From: "Wesley Britton ([log in to unmask])" <[log in to unmask]>
Date: Fri, 15 Mar 1996 00:30:52 -0500
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I think I may have found my critical credo from Thomas Jefferson.
Reading some of his works, I spotted his notion that the study
of theory is as useful as studying women's fashions:
they are fleeting and transitiory.  He advocated studing
the thing itself instead.  Amen.
Which aroused my curiosity: Tom Paine is oft cited as an influence
on Messr. Clemens, and Pacal Covici traced the literary line from Franklin
to Twain.  But I can't think of anyone discussing possible influences
of the far more symatic Jefferson on our author.
Any thots on the subject?
wes britton

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