Thomas Jefferson: Part III

So far, we have established the fact that Mr. Jefferson was quite the eccentric backwoods Renaissance man whose intellectual appetite knew few limits. It is also clear from what we’ve shown that he was no stranger or Stoic to devastating emotional blows of sadness and grief. The pungent smells emanating from his Monticello outhouse roused him to build and install a stone-lined shaft to ventilate its offensive odors. Life can sometimes be like a latrine; both can occasionally stink to high heaven. Getting away from grief is as individual as the singularity of grief itself.