Title: Thomas Jefferson Category:History Details: Words: 758 | Pages: 3.2 (approximately 235 words/page)
Thomas Jefferson
Joseph J. Ellis feels that the most important aspect of Thomas Jefferson was his mind and how he could put his ideas together to form a powerful document, whether the ideas be original or not. I, on the other hand, feel that Jefferson was not as smart as everyone thinks he may have been, but he was probably still the best choice to prepare a document as powerful as the Declaration of Independence turned out to be.
I agree with Joseph Ellis’ ideas in his …showed first 85 words of 758 total…
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…showed last 85 words of 758 total…Ellis, 88). I think Jefferson actually believed that he was just pointing out some ideas that seemed to be just common sense. In doing so, he didn’t believe that what he was writing would become such an important document that is praised throughout the United States, and other countries that are striving to be independent as well. I don’t think that anyone during the time that Jefferson composed the Declaration of Independence, that it would last well over two hundred years and going strong.
