Conquistador of reason.(Jefferson's Demons: Portrait Of A Restless Mind)(Book Review)

From: First Things: A Monthly Journal of Religion and PublicLife | Date: March 1, 2004| Author: | Copyright information

JEFFERSON'S DEMONS: PORTRAIT OF A RESTLESS MIND. By MICHAEL KNOX BERAN. Free Press. 266 pp. $25.

THE THOMAS JEFFERSON Memorial is a little different from the other great monuments of Washington, D.C. Standing apart from the bustle of the National Mall, it nestles peacefully amid the greenery ringing the banks of the Tidal Basin. The purity of its brilliant white dome makes for one of the city's loveliest sights, particularly when framed in spring by the pink splendor of the Basin's famous cherry blossoms. Such an exquisite natural setting for John Russell Pope's stately ...

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