Extract from John F. Kennedy’s Remarks at a Dinner Honoring Nobel Prize Winners of the Western Hemisphere
| April 29, 1962 |
I think this is the most extraordinary collection of talent, of human knowledge, that has ever been gathered together at the White House, with the possible exception of when Thomas Jefferson dined alone. Someone once said that Thomas Jefferson was a gentleman of 32 who could calculate an eclipse, survey an estate, tie an artery, plan an edifice, try a cause, break a horse, and dance the minuet.
John F. Kennedy, “Remarks at a Dinner Honoring Nobel Prize Winners of the Western
Hemisphere,” 29 Apr. 1962. Published by Gerhard Peters and John T. Woolley, eds.,
American Presidency Project (accessed 2014).
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