... his own. Though he was then in serious financial straits, Jefferson's primary purpose was to assure that the nation's legislators had access to the best sources of informa- tion and ideas, for he said that he would accept whatever price and terms of payment Congress thought appropriate as long as the entire collection was pur- chased. Though the debate was partisan and ... of technology and information about inan- imate and animate things), civil, ecclesiastical, and literary. Reason was broken down into divine, natural, and civil sections. Lastly, Imagination was arranged according to ...

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