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2010-08-18 08:21:33
Today's World word is belittle. It was first used by Thomas Jefferson, the 3rd president of the United States.
Many years ago, a French naturalist, the Count de Buffon, wrote some books about natural history. The books won were a great success even though some critics did not like them. Some critics said, " Count de Buffon is more of a poet than a scientist. "
Thomas Jefferson did not like what the Count has had said about the natural wonders is a new of the New World. It seemed to Jefferson that the Count had gone out of its his way to speak of natural wonders in America as if they were unimportant. Base trouble
This troubled Thomas Jefferson. he He too was a naturalist, as well as a farmer, inventor, historian, writer and politician. He has had seen the natural wonders of Europe. To him, they were no more important than those of the new worldNew World.
In 1788, Thomas Jefferson wrote about his homestate home state, Virginia. While writing, he thought of its natural beauty and then of the world words of Count de Buffon. At that moment, Jefferson created a new world word - belittle. He saidthe , " The Count de Buffon believes that nature belittles her productions on this side of the Atlantic. "
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