a completely inoffensive name
05-01-2009, 07:41
My favorite Founding Father, Thomas Jefferson in his own words...
"I had rather be shut up in a very modest cottage with my books, my family and a few old friends, dining on simple bacon, and letting the world roll on as it liked, than to occupy the most splendid post, which any human power can give."
Letter to Alexander Donald (7 February 1788)
Yet another piece of evidence to use in my emerging theory on what I am calling the "intellectual genius-amount of bacon consumed correlation".
-ACIN
"I had rather be shut up in a very modest cottage with my books, my family and a few old friends, dining on simple bacon, and letting the world roll on as it liked, than to occupy the most splendid post, which any human power can give."
Letter to Alexander Donald (7 February 1788)
Yet another piece of evidence to use in my emerging theory on what I am calling the "intellectual genius-amount of bacon consumed correlation".
-ACIN