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Identifier: universityofvirg00culb (find matches)
Title: The University of Virginia; memories of her student-life and professors
Year: 1908 (1900s)
Authors: Culbreth, David Marvel Reynolds, 1856-1943
Subjects: Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826 University of Virginia University of Virginia
Publisher: New York : Neale
Contributing Library: University of California Libraries
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rendering them mysupreme delight, but the enormities of the times in which Ihave lived have forced me to take a part in resisting them,and to commit myself on the boisterous ocean of political pas-sions. I thank God for the opportunity of retiring from themwithout censure, and carrying with me the most consolingproofs of public approbation. He traveled home mostly on horseback, and in spite of en-countering a severe eight-hour snow storm, reached Monti-cello safe and well, March 15, 1809, where he passed in idealcontentment the remainder of his life, seventeen years, by pref-erence secluded from the worlds activities following the fa-miliar paths incident to farming and other pleasurable inter-ests—visiting few, visited by many, and establishing the Uni-versity of Virginia. He was now sixty-six years of age,cheerful, healthy, and without the infirmities of old age; hishome continued to be presided over by his accomplished andgraceful daughter, Martha, who with her husband, children
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UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA 73 and grandchildren supplied the full pleasures to a truly hos-pitable Southern life. He declined a public reception tendered by his Albemarleneighbors, hoping instead, as he wrote: To have opportuni-ties of taking them individually by the hand at our court houseand other public places, and of exchanging assurances ofmutual esteem. From the very first no little time was devotedto reading; then his correspondence soon became extensivethrough letters to friends, noted personages, and authors ofbooks, pamphlets and addresses, who were furnishing him con-tinually complimentary copies. In spite of the great congeni-ality and friendship between himself and Madison letters wereinterchanged seldom, as their enemies made so much capital outof the false idea of Mr. Jefferson still dominating the admin-istration. His interest in literary and scientific matters tookon renewed activity, making him known to every learned bodyof Europe and America, in most of which he held me

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  • booksubject:University_of_Virginia
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