the theme that I could gleam from this excerpt is a theme of humility in the very end of the story a man came to see Jefferson but the landlord thought that the vice president was just some farmer covered in dirt and mud.
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The prevailing theme conveyed in this excerpt is that of humility. At the conclusion of the story, when a man arrives to visit Jefferson, the landlord mistakenly assumes that the vice president is a mere farmer, due to his appearance being covered in dirt and mud.
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