Hi Jeffery,
Jefferson is certainly one of the founding fathers I look up to and you are right, we sure need more like him today in the political arena.
Interesting post on Jefferson and what he probably really said. I have heard that the quote: "I would rather believe that two Yankee professors would lie than believe that stones would fall from heaven." was something overheard (by servants?) (I have no sources).
Perhaps Jefferson was making light of the event and someone took it seriously. Since he was a scientist and curious about nature, I doubt he would have dismissed the event so easily without reasonable study and questioning of the witnesses.
Thanks for the post!
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