article_snippet: Consider Thomas Jefferson, the man who composed one of the most remarkable documents in human history -- the Declaration of Independence.
article_snippet: The words -- "We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal" -- are profound and history-changing.
article_snippet: And yet, Jefferson, We now know, had a dark side, one that included not only slave ownership, but also the mistreatment of human beings he bought and sold.
article_snippet: Men who have achieved the status of near saints were known as deeply flawed by those closest to Men who have achieved the status of near saints.
article_snippet: Steve Jobs, the man who gave us us beloved iPhones and iPads, who made technology an irresistible, magnificent addition to us lives, turns out to have been a jerk in some ways.
article_snippet: He was a genius, but He was, as one reviewer of He
article_snippet: biography put it, "a world class asshole.