Chapter 14

TAKING SIDES.

The Federalist--Jefferson and the Democrat--the four votes--studied with all his soul--Jefferson wrote the Declaration of Independence--reading it--difference between Jefferson and Adams --Jefferson's views of slavery--extract from his writings--another extract--why Nat adopted these principles--his early sympathies--the life of Jefferson made lasting impression on his mind--case of Guido--Cotton Mather's "Essays to do Good"--Dr. Franklin--Jeremy Bentham and greatest good to greatest number--Alfieri and "Plutarch's Lives"--Loyola and "Lives of the Saints"--a picture made--Dr. Guthrie 142-155