thing ing, as many people are now, he had a ritual he would plunge his feet into a base son of cold quarter. it is. there s a groove on the floor where the bowl was brought in. but he lived to be 84 so it s a pretty good policy. maybe i need a bucket. thomas jefferson was a guy who loved politics. he loved to design stuff, he was a big thinker, he kept great details but at the end of the day he was a guy who could bring two sides together. north, south, come on, let s wind up in the middle. he had endless appetite for art, for wine, for women, for architectural books and also power. he was born to it in virginia. the eldest son in an important family. i learned from a very early age. he was was a political apprentice. for 40 years he was pretty much in public office. and what he did are, i think, he was totally committed to