汤玛斯．杰弗逊出生，1743年4月13日

杰弗逊33岁那年撰写独立宣言，并在1777年，为维吉尼亚州起草保障宗教自由州法提案 (在1786年通过) 。在1800年的选举，他击败他的老朋友约翰亚当斯，成为新美国的总统。两任总统届满，他退休回维吉尼亚的蒙提萨罗，他自己设计的住宅。他藏书甚多，把私人图书馆卖给国会，以充实国会的图书典藏。这些图书馆藏书在1814年遭祝融全部毁损。看看杰弗逊在政治生涯当中的成就，你猜他对哪一项最感到骄傲？


Jefferson wrote the Declaration of Independence at the age of 33. He drafted the Virginia State Bill for Establishing Religious Freedom in 1777. (It was finally passed in 1786.) In the election of 1800, Jefferson beat out his old friend John Adams to become the third president of the new United States. After two terms as president, Jefferson retired to his home, Monticello, in Charlottesville, Virginia. A great collector of books, Jefferson sold his personal library to Congress to rebuild the collection of the Library of Congress. The Library's books had been destroyed by fire in 1814. Considering all Jefferson had done during his public life, can you guess what accomplishments he was most proud of?

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