Read the paragraph and write a concluding statement that summarizes the argument being made.

It was said of Thomas Jefferson that he could calculate an eclipse, survey an estate, tie off an artery, plan a building, try a case in court, break a horse, dance the minuet, and play the violin. Besides writing the Declaration of Independence and serving as the third President of the United States, he founded the University of Virginia, patented inventions for a plow and a macaroni machine, and studied new methods of farming.