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Thomas Jefferson, the third President of the United States, lived over 200 years ago, 1 many of his ideas are still of great 2 to us.
“Go and see!”In Jefferson's 3 , knowledge can be obtained(获得)from many sources including books and personal investigation.While a committee was discussing the 4 of a river, he made an on-the-spot measure of the depth.
“You can learn from everyone.”Although 5 to the top social status(地位), he went out of 6 to talk with people of humble origins(出身卑贱的)and even went into 7 to learn from them.
“ 8 for yourself!”Jefferson didn't accept blindly other people's opinions 9 careful thought.He wrote to his nephew,“neither believe nor 10 anything.”
“Do 11 you believe is right.”He treated criticsim(批评)in a scientific 12 .He received much criticism but never answered his critics.In his opinion, he never listened to only one 13 .There are two sides to every question.Listen to 14 , then decide which is better.
“Trust the future and trust the young.”He felt that 15 should never be limited to customs 16 have lost their usefulness.
17 being a well-known statesman, Jefferson was a thinker, an architect, a scientist and an inventor. 18 , he was the author of the Declaration of Independence.American education 19 a great debt to him.Owing to(由于)his great 20 in his work, he was respected and admired.
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