Poser @ the language log notes an interesting omission
On June 24, 1826 Thomas Jefferson wrote, in a letter to Roger C. Weightman:
May it be to the world, what I believe it will be, (to some parts sooner, to others later, but finally to all,) the signal of arousing men to burst the chains under which monkish ignorance and superstition had persuaded them to bind themselves, and to assume the blessings and security of self-government.Yesterday, in an Independence Day speech at Monticello, President Bush quoted Jefferson’s letter as follows:
May it be to the world, what I believe it will be — to some parts sooner, to others later, but finally to all — the Signal of arousing men to burst the chains, and to assume the blessings and security of self-government.
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