{"id":273,"date":"2021-11-29T01:42:51","date_gmt":"2021-11-29T01:42:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/english.illinoisstate.edu\/euphemism\/17-1\/?page_id=273"},"modified":"2021-12-03T22:23:01","modified_gmt":"2021-12-03T22:23:01","slug":"a-tourists-guide-to-thomas-jefferson","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/euphemism.illinoisstate.edu\/17-1\/a-tourists-guide-to-thomas-jefferson\/","title":{"rendered":"(A Tourist&#8217;s Guide to) Thomas Jefferson"},"content":{"rendered":"<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-273-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/english.illinoisstate.edu\/euphemism\/17-1\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2021\/11\/A02.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/english.illinoisstate.edu\/euphemism\/17-1\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2021\/11\/A02.mp3\">https:\/\/english.illinoisstate.edu\/euphemism\/17-1\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2021\/11\/A02.mp3<\/a><\/audio>\n<p>Thomas Jefferson was quite<\/p>\n<p>the gentleman if mem\u2019ries right;<\/p>\n<p>he was among the best of guys <em>\u2014<\/em><\/p>\n<p>now, who am I to criticize?<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>He\u2019s rather rich, with fancy clothes,<\/p>\n<p>and what he wants, well, that\u2019s what goes;<\/p>\n<p>he is the master of the manse <em>\u2014<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>he owns each inch of this expanse.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><em>There\u2019s luxuries a statesman craves,<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>so that explains 6oo slaves;<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>this is our way to be genteel \u2014<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>those Northeners will have to deal.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><em>\u2018<\/em>Tho Monticello\u2019s rather grand,<\/p>\n<p>Mulberry Row\u2019s a bit offhand;<\/p>\n<p>if you\u2019ve seen one slave shack you\u2019ve seen<\/p>\n<p>a thousand, they\u2019re so damned routine.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>With Martha Jefferson, we\u2019ve learned<\/p>\n<p>almost nothing, the letters burned;<\/p>\n<p>and portraits of her don\u2019t exist<\/p>\n<p>so when she died, she wasn\u2019t missed.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>But it\u2019s been said, not to refute,<\/p>\n<p>that Sally Hemings was quite cute;<\/p>\n<p>that weekend with the babysitter<\/p>\n<p>is still trending on twitter.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>He went to France to help them with<\/p>\n<p>democracy which proved a myth;<\/p>\n<p>the beautiful words that he said<\/p>\n<p>might contradict the life he led.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Sure, everybody justifies<\/p>\n<p>which principles to compromise;<\/p>\n<p>and <em>\u2018<\/em>tho this is the tourist\u2019s guide,<\/p>\n<p>there are some details we elide.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>*\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 *\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 *<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Thomas Jefferson was quite the gentleman if mem\u2019ries right; he was among the best of guys \u2014 now, who am I to criticize? &nbsp; He\u2019s rather rich, with fancy clothes, and what he wants, well, that\u2019s what goes; he is the master of the manse \u2014 he owns each inch of this expanse. &nbsp; There\u2019s&hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"toivo-read-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/euphemism.illinoisstate.edu\/17-1\/a-tourists-guide-to-thomas-jefferson\/\" class=\"more-link\">Read more <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">(A Tourist&#8217;s Guide to) Thomas Jefferson<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":49,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-273","page","type-page","status-publish","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/euphemism.illinoisstate.edu\/17-1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/273","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/euphemism.illinoisstate.edu\/17-1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/euphemism.illinoisstate.edu\/17-1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/euphemism.illinoisstate.edu\/17-1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/49"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/euphemism.illinoisstate.edu\/17-1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=273"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/euphemism.illinoisstate.edu\/17-1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/273\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":618,"href":"https:\/\/euphemism.illinoisstate.edu\/17-1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/273\/revisions\/618"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/euphemism.illinoisstate.edu\/17-1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=273"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}