"natgeofound:  Thomas Jefferson at Mount Rushmore under construction, 1939. Learn more about the making of Mt. Rushmore.Photograph by Edwin L. Wisherd, National Geographic  ""I had rather be shut up in a very modest cottage with my books, my family and a few old friends, dining on simple bacon, and letting the world roll on as it liked, than to occupy the most splendid post, which any human power can give."" —Thomas Jefferson to Hugh P. Taylor, October 4, 1823"
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