I grew up in Brandy Station, an hour from Monticello and Mr. Jefferson’s University, and I admired him so much until I read Wiencek’s *Master of the Mountain: Thomas Jefferson and His Slaves*. But Jefferson was right when he said in his *Notes On the State of Virginia* in 1785, “Indeed I tremble for my country when I reflect that God is just: that his justice cannot sleep for ever: that considering numbers, nature and natural means only, a revolution of the wheel of fortune, an exchange of situation, is among possible events: that it may become probable by supernatural interference!”
This was wonderful - thank you to Chris Mackowski for the interview, great stuff.
Here is our latest hell in Florida - DeSantis’s attack on higher ed: https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2023/999/BillText/Filed/PDF
I grew up in Brandy Station, an hour from Monticello and Mr. Jefferson’s University, and I admired him so much until I read Wiencek’s *Master of the Mountain: Thomas Jefferson and His Slaves*. But Jefferson was right when he said in his *Notes On the State of Virginia* in 1785, “Indeed I tremble for my country when I reflect that God is just: that his justice cannot sleep for ever: that considering numbers, nature and natural means only, a revolution of the wheel of fortune, an exchange of situation, is among possible events: that it may become probable by supernatural interference!”
And I’m waiting impatiently for the next “Grape and Canister” so I can see Otis ❤️ He should always make appearances in your videos!