mr.a.j.stansbury once said to mr.jefferson：“i heardjohn randolph（who hated jefferson） once describe，in his ownbiting，caustic manner，the delight expressed by him in a newmodel for the mould-board of a plough.it was called 'themould-board of least resistance’；and the inventor had gone intoa very profound mathematical demonstration，to prove that itdeserved its name.”
jefferson listened and was convinced；and deeming it agreat discovery，recommended it，with zeal，to all his agricul-tural friends.
the virginia planters，accordingly（who thought everything of their great man as a natural philosopher），agreed，manyof them，to take this new“mould-board of least resistance.”
it was accordingly cast，and forwarded to their farms；when lo！on trial，no ordinary team could draw it through thesoil.
a.j.斯坦伯里先生对杰斐逊先生说：“我有一次听约翰·鲁道夫（此人憎恨杰斐逊）以他尖锐、刻薄的方式描述他对一种新型犁的模板所表达的喜悦。这种模板叫'阻力最小模板’；发明人已经进行了非常深奥的数学论证，以证明它配得上这个名字。”
杰斐逊听了，也信了；而且认为这是一个伟大的发现，所以热忱地推荐给了他所有的农业朋友们。
把他们的伟人的一切都看作是自然哲人的弗吉尼亚的许多种植园主们也因此同意使用这一新的“阻力最小模板”。
新的模板也就铸造了，并被送到了农庄；瞧！当试用的时候，没有一组联畜能把它拉过土地。