On the eve of destruction or re-affirmation
I was thinking about the writers of the US Constitution. They didn't have everything right, like not actually recognizing that women and people of color are actually whole human beings, and they were mostly all slave-holders. But they were the most educated men of their time. They were philosophically sophisticated, very broad-minded for their time. They were the intellectual cream of the crop--for their time. Personal honor and integrity was basic to them, so much that they could not believe or... Sign in to see full entry.