Jefferson in Paris

Cook's helper:   Venez prendre un verre avec nous à la taverne ce soir. James Hemings:   Uh…pas money.  Non money. Cook's helper:   Ici, les gens sont payés pour travailler! Cook:   Demandez le maître pour les salaires! Cook's helper:   Vous devriez être payé comme nous.

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James Hemings:   I was wantin' to say, Master— Thomas jefferson:   Wanting to say what, James?  I like finished sentences. James Hemings:   Yes, Master.  And what it is I was wantin' to finish is, I wants to get paid.  Master, I wants money. Thomas jefferson:   In our present circumstances, your request is not unreasonable.  I shall tell Monsieur Petit that on the first of each month, you are to receive twenty-four francs by the way of salary.  You realise that this arrangement holds good only in Paris, and that in Monticello, we shall revert to our own system. James Hemings:   Yes, Master.  Thank you.

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Maria Cosway:   Is your daughter here to learn French manners and morals? Thomas jefferson:   Manners, to some extent, but when it comes to morals, we should keep to our own. Maria Cosway:   Why?  Are your better than ours? Thomas jefferson:   They are better for us, that is, for us Americans.

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Maria Cosway:   Tell me about America. Thomas jefferson:   Madame, the subject is as large as the land itself.

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Marquis de Lafayette: &nbsp; [reading from the Dunlap Broadside of the Declaration of Independence, drafted by Thomas jefferson]&nbsp; "W<small><small>E</small></small> hold theſe Truths to be ſelf-evident, that all Men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights". French man 1: &nbsp; Tous les hommes naissent-ils vraiment égaux, Monsieur Jefferson? Translator: &nbsp; Are all men created equal, Mister Jefferson? French man 2: &nbsp; Ou serait-il plus légitime de dire, «&nbsp;tous les blancs naissent-ils égaux&nbsp;»? Translator: &nbsp; Or should this read, "all white men are created equal"? Thomas jefferson: &nbsp; We allowed for certain differences that are not caused by the laws of men, but by those of nature.&nbsp; And though the Negro may or may not be inferior, his status in no way alters the wrongness of slavery.&nbsp; It is evil. Marquis de Lafayette: &nbsp; Yet your first draft, I believe, contained a clause on the abolition of slav

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Thomas jefferson: &nbsp; I kept having a debate between my head and my heart. Maria Cosway: &nbsp; Which in your case the head always wins. Thomas jefferson: &nbsp; Not this time.&nbsp; My poor head was simply whirled around by my unruly heart. Maria Cosway: &nbsp; Oh, by your heart! Thomas jefferson: &nbsp; It kept telling me, "I love the lady, and will continue to love her forever.&nbsp; If she were on one side of the globe, and I on the other, I would pierce through the whole mass of the world to reach her."

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