You know, Robin, this sound far too tidy and cute to be Our Guy.
Contrasting similies?  I just don't think so . . .  Camille.
> 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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