Word: monu
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Dates: during 1943-1943
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...write: "I have observed this march of civilization advancing from the seacoast, passing over us like a cloud of light, increasing our knowledge and improving our condition. . . . And where this progress will stop, on one can say. . . ." The Path Down. Not every American generation would have raised a monu ment to Thomas Jefferson. He was too complex (and too daring) to be easily loved by all men in all times. He was interested, beyond dilettantism, in agriculture, architecture, languages, literature, music, religion, astronomy, zoology, chemistry, mathematics. He designed Monticello, filled it with inventions like the first dumbwaiter, first swivel chair...