Schools, Hayley
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Annual student essay contest endowed by Philip L. Carret aimed at having Elon University students reflect on the ideals and principles embodied in Thomas Jefferson's life and career. Top three prize-winning student essays from the competition based on the following topic: Historian Joseph Ellis has written that "for Jefferson, more than any other major figure in the revolutionary generation, the West was America's future." Jefferson himself spoke of the West as the "empire of liberty." Why did Jefferson and his generation attach such enormous importance to the West, and what complications did they encounter?
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