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    Thomas Jefferson


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    I know what you're thinking - why would Hitchens take on a person such as Thomas Jefferson? After all, there have been scores of books written about him. What else could he say?

    As it turns out, plenty. Hitchens has always had a kinship with Jefferson as they were born on the same day (although if you consider that the calendars shifted at different points, not really). When you think of people that promoted humanity there are few people that are as interesting and controversial as Jefferson.

    The book did a fantastic job of showing Jefferson for who he really was - flaws and all - instead of trying to make him into the mythical man that he has become. The book ends with the end of Jefferson's life. Many of Jefferson's friends urged him to come out as an atheist but he just couldn't do it. That's ok, the evidence for his beliefs (or lack thereof) are plenty. Most telling is is gravestone - he does not mention that he was the third president. Instead, he references the Declaration of Independence (the greatest declaration of rights ever written) and his founding of the University of Virginia (the first secular university in the world).

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