Copyright, 1903,
by
The Thomas Jefferson Memorial Association
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JEFFERSON AS A TACTICIAN
The word "tactician" is usually applied to military movements, but it has a broader meaning than this; it embodies the idea of a peculiar skill or faculty—a nice perception or discernment which is characterized by adroit planning or management, artfully directed in politics or diplomacy in government.
"Of all creatures the sense of tact is most exquisite in man"—Ross: Microcosmia.
"To see in such a clime,
Where science is new, men so exact
In tactic art"—Davenant Madagascar.