... that animals in Europe were generally larger than those found in America. When covering the topic of the discovery of the mammoth, Jefferson states that they were largest known quadrupeds. Indian tradition claimed that mammoths were carnivores, and that some still existed in the Northern parts of America. In and around the Ohio river, an extensive number if extremely large tusks ... mentions the great leadership of Washington, the inventor Franklin, and a self-taught astronomer named Rittenhouse. "As in philosophy and war, so in government, in oratory, in painting, in the plastic art, w...

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