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Originally posted by Mike AI@Jul 30 2004, 12:21 PM
He has some tough competition with those early guys.
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This has happened in science too. What has happened to our Einsteins and our Newtons or our Jeffersons and Washingtons? The answer, I think, is that greatness is decided by influence and impact and that the opportunities for those things decrease the longer a system has existed. Without the Louisiana Purchase the US wouldn't be anything like it is today. That makes Thomas Jefferson a great president especially given that he faced strong opposition by those who thought the purchase was unconstitutional.
The US Constitution is the oldest still-in-effect document of its kind. The opportunities for greatness are decreasing.