Robin,

All I can find is a reference to an Autobiographical fragment from July
1821. Hope that helps.

Jim Hershman

Robin Gabriel wrote:

>I was recently at a presentation where the speaker used an unfamiliar
>Jefferson quotation and I have had no luck tracking down its citation. A
>Google search led to 359,000 sites, but alas none of them on the first 5
>pages gives me a citation. I have also checked the Jefferson Cyclopedia and
>staff at Monticello.
>
>Does anyone recognize this quotation and can you tell me from where it
>comes:
>
>"In matters of principle, stand like a rock; in matters of taste, swim with
>the current."
>
>Thanks,
>Robin Gabriel
>Director of Education
>Monticello
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