(1) Well known to be the greatest philosopher of the present age; -- all the operations of nature he seems to understand, --the very heavens obey him, and the Clouds yield up their Lightning to be imprisoned in his rod. - William Pierce, on Benjamin Franklin, 1788
(2) On the whole, his character was, in its mass, perfect, in nothing bad, in few points indifferent; and it may truly be said, that never did nature and fortune combine more perfectly to make a man great, and to place him in the same constellation with whatever worthies have merited from man an everlasting remembrance. - Thomas Jefferson, on George Washington in a letter to Dr. Walter Jones — 1814
To read the words of America's Founding Fathers (and for some, Framers of the Constitution) is like sitting at the foot of some very great men; definitely worth reading more of their works and words in understanding those who gave us this great Republic.
note: the William Pierce mentioned above was a Georgia legislator who sat in the Confederation Congress, worked on the creation of the Constitution and served in the Revolutionary Army and NOT the infamous white supremacist who wrote the Turner Diaries. Knowing my luck, someone will ask that question about Pierce, hence the note.
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