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Ezra Pound argued Thomas Jefferson "governed for 24 yrs, and you might say for 48." T.J. 8 yrs. "...16 wherein he governed more or less through deputies Madison and Monroe." How accurate of a portrait is this? Also he compares T.J. to Mussolini, is this total absurdity from a fascist sympathizer ?

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