Sentences with phrase «ideal yeoman»
In fact, Lincoln had difficulty with the aristocratic Jefferson on many accounts, and in private he not only scorned Jefferson's views of the ideal yeoman farmer but also condemned Jefferson's hypocrisy regarding slaves, a hypocrisy that implied Jefferson's use of the word equality in the Declaration need not be taken literally as applying to all men.
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At his New York Times blog, Ross Douthat has been doing a yeoman's work, making me almost regret my critique of his essay on gay marriage by offering a patient, sophisticated case for preserving the «ideal» of heterosexual marriage.