 | Clayton Sinyai - 2006 - 310 pagina’s
..."artificial aristocracy, founded on wealth and birth," which Jefferson scorned, this natural aristocracy was "the most precious gift of nature, for the instruction, the trusts, and government of society."20 Like Plato and Aristotle, Jefferson frequently speculated about the system of public education... | |
 | Gordon S. Wood - 2006 - 344 pagina’s
...and talent," of which he considered himself a prime example. Such natural aristocrats, he said were "the most precious gift of nature, for the instruction, the trusts, and government of society."23 To become a natural aristocrat, one had to acquire the attributes of a natural aristocrat:... | |
 | Robert Devigne - 2008 - 319 pagina’s
...aristocracy" grounded in "virtue or talents." This "natural aristocracy," Jefferson goes on to say, "I consider as the most precious gift of nature, for the instruction, the trusts, the government of society. . . . May we not even say that that form of government is the best which... | |
 | Arthur Meier Schlesinger - 2008 - 592 pagina’s
...aristocracy among men. The grounds for this are virtue and talents. The natural aristocracy I consider to be the most precious gift of nature, for the instruction, the trusts, and the government of society." Jefferson added: "May we not even say, that form of government is best,... | |
 | David Tucker - 2008 - 182 pagina’s
...aristocracy, founded on wealth and birth. Jefferson then argued, as we have seen him argue before, that "it would have been inconsistent in creation to have...virtue and wisdom enough to manage the concerns of society." Jefferson then asked Adams, "may we not even say that that form of government is the best... | |
 | 1959 - 662 pagina’s
...natural aristocracy among men. The gounds of this are virtue and talents .... The natural aristocracy I consider as the most precious gift of nature, for the instruction, the trusts, and the government of society." 2 American egalitarian philosophy has often operated to the detriment of... | |
 | A. Robert Lee, W. M. Verhoeven - 1996 - 372 pagina’s
...aristocracy founded on wealth and birth, without either virtue or talents. . . . The natural aristocracy I consider as the most precious gift of nature for the instruction, the trusts, the government of suggests that Franklin's views might have influenced the meetings about confederation.... | |
 | 1909 - 726 pagina’s
...natural aristocracy among men. The grounds of this are virtue and talents. The natural aristocracy I consider as the most precious gift of nature for the instruction, the trusts, the government of society." Will any one pretend that there has lived among men a single person, not... | |
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And indeed, it would have been inconsistent in creation to have formed man for the social state, and not to have provided virtue and wisdom enough to manage the concerns of society. May we not even say, that that form of government is the best, which... 
