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The conclusion, implicit (hence, the brackets around claim 4) in claim 3, is that Jefferson had to act on his libido. Otherwise, he would have drowned in it. That is a queer conclusion, given Brodie's psychoanalytic bent, for it ignores one alternative in keeping with the tenets of psychoanalysis: heightened sublimation.
Framing a Legend: Exposing the Distorted History of Thomas Jefferson and Sally Hemings
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