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Title: The Writings of Thomas Jefferson
Library Edition - Vol. 6 (of 20)

Author: Thomas Jefferson

Editor: Andrew A Lipscomb
Albert Ellery Bergh

Release Date: April 7, 2007 [EBook #21002]

Language: English

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[Illustration: Jefferson at Sixty-two]

THE WRITINGS OF

THOMAS JEFFERSON

Library Edition

CONTAINING HIS

AUTOBIOGRAPHY, NOTES ON VIRGINIA, PARLIAMENTARY
MANUAL, OFFICIAL PAPERS,
MESSAGES AND ADDRESSES, AND OTHER
WRITINGS, OFFICIAL AND PRIVATE,
NOW COLLECTED AND

_PUBLISHED IN THEIR ENTIRETY FOR THE FIRST TIME_

INCLUDING

ALL OF THE ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPTS, DEPOSITED IN THE DEPARTMENT
OF STATE AND PUBLISHED IN 1853 BY ORDER OF THE
JOINT COMMITTEE OF CONGRESS

WITH NUMEROUS ILLUSTRATIONS

AND

_A COMPREHENSIVE ANALYTICAL INDEX_

ANDREW A. LIPSCOMB, _Chairman Board of Governors_
EDITOR-IN-CHIEF

ALBERT ELLERY BERGH
MANAGING EDITOR

_VOL. VI._

ISSUED UNDER THE AUSPICES OF

THE THOMAS JEFFERSON MEMORIAL ASSOCIATION

OF THE UNITED STATES

WASHINGTON, D. C.

1903

Copyright, 1903,
by
The Thomas Jefferson Memorial Association

Transcriber's Note: Omitted text or text that was in cypher is denoted
by asterisks.

JEFFERSON AS A TACTICIAN

The word "tactician" is usually applied to military movements, but
it has a broader meaning than this; it embodies the idea of a
peculiar skill or faculty--a nice perception or discernment which
is characterized by adroit planning or management, artfully directed
in politics or diplomacy in government.

"Of all creatures the sense of tact is most exquisite in
man"--Ross: Microcosmia.

"To see in such a clime,
Where science is new, men so exact
In tactic art"--Davenant Madagascar.

True statesmanship is the masterful art. Poetry, music, painting,
sculpture and architecture please, thrill and i