 | James Albert Woodburn, Thomas Francis Moran - 1906 - 620 страници
...bearing an inscription composed by himself. It reads as follows : " Here lies buried Thomas Jefferson, author of the Declaration of Independence, of the Statute of Virginia for Religious Freedom, and Father of the University of Virginia." He died July 4, 1826 — the fiftieth anniversary of the famous... | |
 | Mildred Lewis Rutherford - 1906 - 918 страници
...LITERATURE. At his own request there was placed upon his tomb this inscription : "THOMAS JEFFERSON. Author of the Declaration of Independence, of the Statute of Virginia for Religious Freedom, and Father of the University of Virginia." Unfriendly criticisms were made about the Declaration of Independence... | |
 | 1906 - 474 страници
...nine inches each. On the east side of the shaft is carved • — Hero was buried THOMAS JEFFER8ON, Author of the Declaration of Independence, of the Statute of Virginia for RelUrious Freedom, And father of the University of Virginia. On the die, underneath the above, is cut... | |
 | Daniel Harvey Hill, Frank Lincoln Stevens, Charles William Burkett - 1906 - 424 страници
...century he was proudest of when he wrote for his own tomb the following epitaph : 5 THOMAS JEFFERSON AUTHOR OF THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE, OF THE STATUTE OF VIRGINIA FOR BELIOIOUS FREEDOM, AND FATHER OF THE UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA From the time when, at the age of twenty-six,... | |
 | James Baldwin - 1908 - 380 страници
...tombstone was engraved the epitaph which he himself had composed : " Here was buried Thomas Jefferson, author of the Declaration of Independence, of the Statute of Virginia for Religious Freedom, and Father of the University of Virginia." REVIEW What important part did Jefferson take in establishing... | |
 | Thomas Smyth - 1908 - 618 страници
...substance of the famous inscription prepared by Jefferson for himself. Here lies buried THOMAS JEFFERSON, Author of the Declaration of Independence, Of the Statute of Virginia for Religious Freedom, And Father of the University of Virginia. The Rev. John McLeod, in a recent discourse on Protestantism,^... | |
 | Jeannette Rector Hodgdon - 1908 - 360 страници
...Monticello, and by his request the stone bears this inscription : — ' Here was buried THOMAS JEFFERSON Author of the Declaration of Independence, of the Statute of Virginia for Religious Freedom, and Father of the University of Virginia. THINGS TO REMEMBER Thomas Jefferson of Virginia was the author... | |
 | Horace Garvin Platt - 1908 - 296 страници
...also wrote his own epitaph, but it was of a different kind. This great Virginian wrote the following : "Author of the Declaration of Independence, of the Statute of Virginia for religious freedom, and founder of the University of Virginia." Marshall could justly have written as his epitaph, instead... | |
 | Virginia State Bar Association - 1909 - 428 страници
...intellectual freedom, and so he wrote for himself this modest epitaph : Here was buried Thomas Jefferson Author of the Declaration of Independence of The Statute of Virginia for Religious Freedom and Father of the University of Virginia. JUDGE ROBT. R. PRENTIS. Some Observations Ahc::t Governmental... | |
 | United States. National Conservation Commission - 1909 - 310 страници
...rises over his grave I read this inscription : Here lies Thomas Jefferson, the author of the American Declaration of Independence, of the statute of Virginia for religious freedom, and the founder of the University of Virginia. This epitaph was written by himself. It was found among... | |
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Here was buried Thomas Jefferson, author of the Declaration of Independence, of the statute of Virginia for religious freedom, and father of the University of Virginia. 
