In 1786, in his role...
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In 1786, in his role as plenipotentiary in Paris, Thomas Jefferson traveled to England to accompany John Adams in a meeting with the King of England. From the reception they received, it was clear that Britain was not ready to accept the presence of the newly formed United States in the international scene. Jefferson writes, "On my presentation as usual to the King and Queen at the levees, it was impossible for anything to be more ungracious than their notice of Mr. Adams and myself. I saw at once that the ulcerations in the narrow mind of that mulish being left nothing to be expected on the subject of my attendance; and on the first conference with the Marquis of Caermarthen, his Minister of foreign affairs, the distance and disinclination which he betrayed in his conversation, the vagueness and evasions of his answers to us, confirmed me in the belief of their aversion to have anything to do with us." (as quoted in B. L. Rayner, Life of Thomas Jefferson)
Indeed, Jesus' words rang true, this time in reverse, "Whoever does not receive you, does not receive the one who sent you."
Indeed, Jesus' words rang true, this time in reverse, "Whoever does not receive you, does not receive the one who sent you."
