TJ's Fortification
Sunday 10 August 2008
"...Perfect happiness, I believe, was never intended by the Deity to be the lot of one of his creatures in this world…The most fortunate of us, in our journey through life, frequently meet with calamities and misfortunes which may greatly afflict us; and, to fortify our minds against the attacks of these calamities and misfortunes should be one of the principal studies and endeavors of our lives…If I am to meet with a disappointment, the sooner I know it, the more of life I shall have to wear it off…”.
Thomas Jefferson, in a letter to John Page, Virginia politician and close friend; July 15, 1763.
"...Perfect happiness, I believe, was never intended by the Deity to be the lot of one of his creatures in this world…The most fortunate of us, in our journey through life, frequently meet with calamities and misfortunes which may greatly afflict us; and, to fortify our minds against the attacks of these calamities and misfortunes should be one of the principal studies and endeavors of our lives…If I am to meet with a disappointment, the sooner I know it, the more of life I shall have to wear it off…”.
Thomas Jefferson, in a letter to John Page, Virginia politician and close friend; July 15, 1763.
posted by John Barry at 8/13/2008 09:05:00 AM
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