Ko Jefferson, i te mea he kaiwhakawhanake, he roia, he kaitōrangapū, he tohunga ki te maha o nga kaupapa, mai i te rangahau me te pāngarau ki te ahuwhenua me te miihini. He kaihoahoa ia i roto i te tikanga tawhito. Ko te hiahia nui o Jefferson ki te haahi me te rapunga whakaaro i arahi ki tana perehitini o te American Philosophical Society; i karo ia i te haahi whakahaere engari i whakaawehia e te Karaitiana me te deism. He kairangahau, i mohio a Jefferson ki etahi reo maha. He kaituhi reta nui ia me te tuhi ki nga taangata rongonui maha. Ko tana pukapuka roa anake ko Notes on the State of Virginia (1785), i kiia pea ko te pukapuka nui rawa atu a Amerika i whakaputaina i mua o te 1800. Ahakoa i kiia ko ia te kaikorero mo te manapori me te manapori i te wa o te Maama, he rangatiratanga hitori a Jefferson.
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