they used him in a run up to the civil war and lincoln used him to articulate the experience of the human equality saying the honor to jefferson. fdr needed him wonderfully. i love the story about washington. fdr was intent on getting the jefferson memorial built and dedicated in parts of the democrats to compete with the republicans and lincoln. the lincoln memorial. everything is political. it s all local and legacy and things change of course. and they don t. and they don t. john meachem, a wonderful book. something everybody should have performed and stuffed under the hanukkah bushes or christmas tree. it s nail biting time as the cliff gets closer and as one of the daily run down friends puts