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our first session is the enigma of ben franklin's faith with thomas kidd. he tells us in his autobiography that he came a deist as a young man. yet, at the constitutional convention in 1787, franklin proposed that delegates open sessions with prayer. in this session, thomas kidd will explore the enigma of franklin's faith and the tension between his well-known skepticism and the enduring influence of his puritan upbringing on his familiarity with the bible. thomas kidd is a distinguished professor of history at baylor university and associate director of baylor's institute for studies of religion. he is the author of "benjamin franklin the religious life of a founding father." please, join me in welcoming dr. kidd. [ applause ] >> well, thank you to kay and thank you to the museum of the bible for hosting this wonderful event. it's -- it's a pleasure to be here, at the -- at the museum. i hope to -- to consult with some of the section on bible in america and it's -- it's just a wonderful thing to actually be here, and see this lovely facility. so, thank you
our first session is the enigma of ben franklin's faith with thomas kidd. he tells us in his autobiography that he came a deist as a young man. yet, at the constitutional convention in 1787, franklin proposed that delegates open sessions with prayer. in this session, thomas kidd will explore the enigma of franklin's faith and the tension between his well-known skepticism and the enduring influence of his puritan upbringing on his familiarity with the bible. thomas kidd is a distinguished...
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ben franklin or most perhaps among them so the dinner party on june 20 1790. as they wrapped in the musical, the room where it happened. so you have 2 factions, the jeffersonian faction and hamiltonian faction, the less government, more governments, the south and north just to make it simplistic. the problem for jefferson was whenever he and hamilton butted heads hamilton typically carried today because of washington. washington was more ideologically aligned with hamilton, but washington saw hamilton as more of his son. hamilton seeing washington as a father figure he really never had and hamilton is washington's right-hand man as they say in the musical. washington would side with hamilton including on neutrality which hefleshes out in this book . so in june 19 the day before jeffersons waiting outside of washington's office house and he hears a great commotion and washington and hamilton have a fight in both washington and hamilton had full tempers. part of washington's legendary stoicism is, can be contributed to maybe a lifelong effort i should say to con
ben franklin or most perhaps among them so the dinner party on june 20 1790. as they wrapped in the musical, the room where it happened. so you have 2 factions, the jeffersonian faction and hamiltonian faction, the less government, more governments, the south and north just to make it simplistic. the problem for jefferson was whenever he and hamilton butted heads hamilton typically carried today because of washington. washington was more ideologically aligned with hamilton, but washington saw...
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ben franklin foremost perhaps among them.inner party on june 20, 1790, as they rap in the musical, the room where it happened. you have two factions, the jeffersonian faction and the hamiltonian faction, the less government, more government, the south and the north. when jefferson and hamilton butted heads, hamilton carried the day. why? because washington was more ideologically aligned with hamilton, adams that faction of federalists. washington saw hamilton more his son. hamilton seeing washington as the father figure he really never had. hamilton is washington's right hand man as they say in the musical. washington would side with hamilton including on neutrality which david talks about in his book, as opposed to jefferson's involvement on behalf of france and that issue. so on june 19th, the day before, jefferson is waiting outside of washington's office, house, he hears a great commotion and washington and hamilton have a fight. they both had volcanic tempers. part of washington's legendary stoicism can be contributed to
ben franklin foremost perhaps among them.inner party on june 20, 1790, as they rap in the musical, the room where it happened. you have two factions, the jeffersonian faction and the hamiltonian faction, the less government, more government, the south and the north. when jefferson and hamilton butted heads, hamilton carried the day. why? because washington was more ideologically aligned with hamilton, adams that faction of federalists. washington saw hamilton more his son. hamilton seeing...
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if you asked ben franklin he would say i left massachusetts forn pennsylvania.we didn't have united states describing capital states. you find letters that say these plural united states instead of the capital letter now singular the t united states so that is e fourth problem. how does washington address these problems? the capital city. a grand and glorious inspired by rome. a city for the ages located halfway between the north and south and it helps bring it together if it is too far to the south or to the north, one half of the faction is unhappy. how did youhe view the people wh a sense ofof national identity f you have a small federal town with a couple of brick buildings, you don't. you have a glorious romanesque capital. the capital city as they stated in the constitution, something david has written about, a 10-mile square. it's 100 miles, everybody. this would put paris and london to shame. it's quite an ambitiouss undertaking. the government won't endure. well if we have legitimacy, strength it c could. and you have basically two visions for the capit
if you asked ben franklin he would say i left massachusetts forn pennsylvania.we didn't have united states describing capital states. you find letters that say these plural united states instead of the capital letter now singular the t united states so that is e fourth problem. how does washington address these problems? the capital city. a grand and glorious inspired by rome. a city for the ages located halfway between the north and south and it helps bring it together if it is too far to the...
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hampton vice for problems is that remarkable to me it should've been ben franklin. it should have been john adams, thomas jefferson we had some remarkable renaissance men. well educated well-traveled, extraordinary intellects. it was not then that identified these problems and came up with the solution was a one man among them who is not well-traveled well educated. one trip abroad spent in barbados. the ability to think outside the box. here for the proms a focus on in the book. number one the government was not going to endure. as soon as the revolutionary war was ending and the headquarters in newburgh along the hudson in new york that newburgh conspiracy as david noted and fleshes out in his book their efforts to remove washington. washington's rea the third problem he identifies is in his ear. we are an upstart a republican area monarchs and of course the image of americans running around the wild wearing bearskin and raccoon hats. how do we conduct treaties and how do we have alliances? how do we deal with europe if we can't repay them and don't have any credi
hampton vice for problems is that remarkable to me it should've been ben franklin. it should have been john adams, thomas jefferson we had some remarkable renaissance men. well educated well-traveled, extraordinary intellects. it was not then that identified these problems and came up with the solution was a one man among them who is not well-traveled well educated. one trip abroad spent in barbados. the ability to think outside the box. here for the proms a focus on in the book. number one the...
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kidd do you suppose ezra styles sent a follow up letter to urge ben franklin to consider christ before his death? >> i don't know that he did. he didn't have much time left because he was going to be dead five weeks after franklin responded. but it is true that there were people all through franklin's life who were very directly imploring franklin to accept christ as his savior. this is one of the reasons why i don't see franklin as a traditional christian because the traditional christians around franklin didn't think he was a christian, and so i think the best example is george whitfield who i mentioned a minute ago, whitfield and franklin were friends and business associates for 30 years. and they had a very transparent relationship about understanding that they were not on the same page spiritually and whitfield thought franklin needed to do something about it. you know, whitfield would just pull no punches, you need to put your faith in christ for salvation, and franklin would sort of say, i'm all set, and they would have these conversations and my favorite is that in the 1750s, w
kidd do you suppose ezra styles sent a follow up letter to urge ben franklin to consider christ before his death? >> i don't know that he did. he didn't have much time left because he was going to be dead five weeks after franklin responded. but it is true that there were people all through franklin's life who were very directly imploring franklin to accept christ as his savior. this is one of the reasons why i don't see franklin as a traditional christian because the traditional...
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we were to ask ben franklin hits a left my massachusetts from pennsylvania. so we did not have united states describing capitol s the states. you find it letters that say these plural united states instead of capitol u, noun, singular the united states. that is the fourth problem. how does washington address all these problems? a capitol city a grander romanesque inspired by rome. the city for the ages. that helps bring it together. if it's too far in the south, too far in the north one half of the faction is not happy. how do you view the people with a sense of national identity the federal tells a couple brick buildings you don't prove you have a glorious romanesque p-uppercase-letter the capitol city as they stated in the constitution a 10-mile square. this is 100 miles everybody. is about paris and london to shame. the government will not endure. if we view the government with legitimacy and strength that could endure. you basically have two visions for the capitol. one is led by jefferson and southerners in kind of a slave owning a vision. jefferson's fe
we were to ask ben franklin hits a left my massachusetts from pennsylvania. so we did not have united states describing capitol s the states. you find it letters that say these plural united states instead of capitol u, noun, singular the united states. that is the fourth problem. how does washington address all these problems? a capitol city a grander romanesque inspired by rome. the city for the ages. that helps bring it together. if it's too far in the south, too far in the north one half of...
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hampton vice for problems is that remarkable to me it should've been ben franklin. have been john adams, thomas jefferson we had some remarkable renaissance men. well educated well-traveled, extraordinary intellects. it was not then that identified these problems and came up with the solution was a one man among them who is not well-traveled well educated. one trip abroad spent in barbados. the ability to think outside the box. here for the proms a focus on in the book. number one the government was not going to endure. as soon as the revolutionary war was ending and the headquarters in newburgh along the hudson in new york that newburgh conspiracy as david noted and fleshes out in his book their efforts to remove washington. washington's realizing in june of 1783 there's a mutiny in philadelphia. drunks support out of pubs in philly and they surround the building we now know as independence hall paid sort of like the insurrection on january 6 threating to grab people in civil disobedience and civil insurrection but this scares the hell out of washington. he realize
hampton vice for problems is that remarkable to me it should've been ben franklin. have been john adams, thomas jefferson we had some remarkable renaissance men. well educated well-traveled, extraordinary intellects. it was not then that identified these problems and came up with the solution was a one man among them who is not well-traveled well educated. one trip abroad spent in barbados. the ability to think outside the box. here for the proms a focus on in the book. number one the...
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ben franklin was a free mason. and a lot of the major founders were free masons. and that has remained a controversial subject through present day. i think for -- for franklin, his membership in the masons was significant. but he doesn't talk about it a lot. now, some people will say it's because it is a secret society and you are not supposed to talk about it. but i don't get the sense that it was for most of his life a really central issue for him. and i don't think that the masons in the mid 1700s were quite as controversial as they became later on in american history. but they were very much a kind of, you know, a minimal -- i mean, it fits right along with what franklin's overall religious beliefs were, minimally doctrinal, very focus on service and benevolence and these kinds of things. and it is sort of the epitome of the religion of the enlightenment. and it is -- you know, men -- men fellowshiping over issues about how can we be -- do the most good in society and these kinds of issues. but it was also a social club for them. i mean this is the great era of
ben franklin was a free mason. and a lot of the major founders were free masons. and that has remained a controversial subject through present day. i think for -- for franklin, his membership in the masons was significant. but he doesn't talk about it a lot. now, some people will say it's because it is a secret society and you are not supposed to talk about it. but i don't get the sense that it was for most of his life a really central issue for him. and i don't think that the masons in the mid...
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medicine is an interesting guy to complicated guide many ways and our grade ben franklin for the mostpart, so the better parting on june 20th of 1790, and as they say in the musical, the room where it happened. so we have two factions, they jefferson hamilton. the less government, the more government and the south and the north just to make it simple for sticking up backrest with the problems for jefferson was never that he had hamilton butted heads, hamilton primus carried but there is washington. washington was more ideologically aligned it then hamilton adams and in that fact that that most for it washington saw him as far as son and hamilton saw him as a father figure. and he never really had. and as a sin musical the right have met. and he was hard with hamilton including which david talked about in this book. the poster jefferson's un of franceon behalf that issue. jefferson is waiting outside onto 19th of washington's home at his. house, he hears this great commotion and they have a fight and they both had volcanic tempers. part of washington's legendary stoicism is can be cont
medicine is an interesting guy to complicated guide many ways and our grade ben franklin for the mostpart, so the better parting on june 20th of 1790, and as they say in the musical, the room where it happened. so we have two factions, they jefferson hamilton. the less government, the more government and the south and the north just to make it simple for sticking up backrest with the problems for jefferson was never that he had hamilton butted heads, hamilton primus carried but there is...
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this is what's remarkable, it should have been ben franklin.ave been john adams, thomas jefferson. we had remarkable renaissance men, while educated, extraordinary influx but it wasn't them identified these and came up with a solution, it was the one man among them who wasn't well-traveled or educated. one trip abroad his like a few days in barbados. it was the innovation and ability to think out of the box. there are problems with focus on, the government was not going to and/or. as soon as the revolutionary war was ending in march 1783 in newburgh along the hudson in new york, there is a new conspiracy and as david noted, there were j efforts to remove washington. just as they were ready to cease victory, they get them from victor. in june, there's a new man in philadelphia, a group of unpaid veterans, drunks pouring out and play surrounding the building we know as independence hall, the insurrection onoa january 6 threatening to grab people and civil disobedience and insurrection scares washington. he realizes the government may not endorse
this is what's remarkable, it should have been ben franklin.ave been john adams, thomas jefferson. we had remarkable renaissance men, while educated, extraordinary influx but it wasn't them identified these and came up with a solution, it was the one man among them who wasn't well-traveled or educated. one trip abroad his like a few days in barbados. it was the innovation and ability to think out of the box. there are problems with focus on, the government was not going to and/or. as soon as...
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that's kind of a poke in ben franklin's eye with. today's show is not about ben franklin though, i
that's kind of a poke in ben franklin's eye with. today's show is not about ben franklin though, i
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we could not agree on one capital but at one point to satisfy everybody even ben franklin to have multiple capitals because nobody wants congress to come to the city. and the trojans get a horse and then congress would hide in and get out and do its business. this was the other founding debate. multiple votes from george washington and other framers that the debate over a capital city was even more heated and contentious and more ruinous than all the other founding debates at the constitutional convention in philadelphia. but the debate almost undermines this nation just as we are getting started. these are the other founding debates. next slide. and george washington has a vision for the country. washington state with the destiny of an born millions the most explosive the fate of the entire session. and then proving to be pregnant with difficulty in danger so washington is very cognizant that this debate could undermine the country. but yet without a strong capital city that the country could not endorse so as a vision proposes the following things. number one. a strong national governmen
we could not agree on one capital but at one point to satisfy everybody even ben franklin to have multiple capitals because nobody wants congress to come to the city. and the trojans get a horse and then congress would hide in and get out and do its business. this was the other founding debate. multiple votes from george washington and other framers that the debate over a capital city was even more heated and contentious and more ruinous than all the other founding debates at the constitutional...
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christopher sour was in germantown, pennsylvania, ben franklin was right next door in philadelphia, pennsylvania. the story goes that sour was critical of benjamin franklin's german translation because sour was a german himself. so there's kind of a i don't know if you call it war, there was opposition against the two. the story is reported because of that when sour was buying paper, he was told he had to pay for the paper completely. so when he was ready to produce a second bible in 1763, he went to get the paper and the paper maker said you pay in full or you don't get any at all. christopher sour has a paper mill and prints the first in 1763. then in 1776, typeset is wearing out. his son has taken over the business. christopher sour jr. they produced new typeset. they produce this german bible, luther bible, 1743, 1763, and then in 1776, important date in american history they would print the first bible printed in america with american made typeset. but the story is really interesting. according to isiah thomas, also a historical printer, the british during the germantown battle commandeered
christopher sour was in germantown, pennsylvania, ben franklin was right next door in philadelphia, pennsylvania. the story goes that sour was critical of benjamin franklin's german translation because sour was a german himself. so there's kind of a i don't know if you call it war, there was opposition against the two. the story is reported because of that when sour was buying paper, he was told he had to pay for the paper completely. so when he was ready to produce a second bible in 1763, he...
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at one time to try to satisfy it was ben franklin through cap the idea that we should have multiple capitol like agent, the trojans they would get a horse, a giant trojan horse in congress would hide in and going to each city and congress would get out and do its business that this was another founding debate. we have multiple from george washington and other framers the debate over capitol city was even more heated, even more contentious and even more potentially ruinous than all other founding debates the convention in philadelphia. it's just as we are getting started so those are the other founding debates. enter into this, george washington who has this vision for. washington states the destiny of unborn millions involved. it's the most explosive debate of the entire session and followed up you. proving to be pregnant with difficulties and danger so washington was very cognitive of the fact that this debate can undermine the country yet without a strong capitol city they did not know what the country could endure. number one, strong national government. number two, he wants to unite the
at one time to try to satisfy it was ben franklin through cap the idea that we should have multiple capitol like agent, the trojans they would get a horse, a giant trojan horse in congress would hide in and going to each city and congress would get out and do its business that this was another founding debate. we have multiple from george washington and other framers the debate over capitol city was even more heated, even more contentious and even more potentially ruinous than all other...
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one point to satisfy everybody even ben franklin throughout the idea we should have multiple capitals. the joke was because it's congress nobody would want congress to come to their city. it was like the trojans, they would get a horse. congress would hide in it and congress would get out and do its business. this was the other founding debates. we have multiple quotes from george washington and other framers that debate over capital city was even more heated and more contentious and even more potentially -- then all the other founding debates at the constitutional convention in philadelphia. the debate over the capitol city almost undermines this nation just as we are getting started. next slide. enter into this vacuum and george washington who heads a vision for the country. washington says our state wasn't destiny of unborn millions. he called it the most explosive debate of the entire session of philadelphia. selecting the seat of government washington said is proving to be pregnant with difficulty and danger so washington was very positive -- cognizant -- without a strong capital
one point to satisfy everybody even ben franklin throughout the idea we should have multiple capitals. the joke was because it's congress nobody would want congress to come to their city. it was like the trojans, they would get a horse. congress would hide in it and congress would get out and do its business. this was the other founding debates. we have multiple quotes from george washington and other framers that debate over capital city was even more heated and more contentious and even more...
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one point to try to satisfy everybody even ben franklin threw out the idea we should have multiple capitals. the joke was because congress, no one would want congress to come to the city. the joke was like the trojans, they would get a horse, make a giant trojan horse and cart cars would hide in and we'll look into each city and then congress would get out and do its business. this was the other founding debate. we have multiple quotes from george washington and of the framers that the debate over i capital city was even more heated, even more contentious, even more potentially ruinous and all the other founding debates at the constitutional convention in philadelphia. the debate over the capital city almost undermined this nation just as we are getting started. so those are the other founding debates. next slide. enter into this vacuum george washington who has this vision for the country. washington state with our fate for the destiny of unborn millions be involved? he called it the most intense and explosive debate of the entire session philadelphia. that being the fight of the capital c
one point to try to satisfy everybody even ben franklin threw out the idea we should have multiple capitals. the joke was because congress, no one would want congress to come to the city. the joke was like the trojans, they would get a horse, make a giant trojan horse and cart cars would hide in and we'll look into each city and then congress would get out and do its business. this was the other founding debate. we have multiple quotes from george washington and of the framers that the debate...
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any country in the world about ben franklin, not his real name, has been living in chile legally for nearly 3 years. he was overjoyed when he finally managed to pay a trapper to bring his wife over 8 months ago to an illegal border crossing. but on june fis, while they were sleeping, he says the migration police arrived and took his wife away on there. and the weather, or it took one day 24 hours at 6 am. on a saturday they detained her and on sunday evening she was already back in venezuela. they didn't let us call a lawyer. they barely less a brush, her teeth and dress. franco says they didn't have time to present their case in court, or to find out that his wife was pregnant when she was summarily sent back alone to an uncertain future in venezuela. the sea and human al jazeera santiago years president joe biden has called on new york governor to resign after an independent investigation found he sexually harassed at least 11 women. the allegations against andrew como include unwelcome physical contact and suggestive comments. investigators say there was a clear pattern of abusive
any country in the world about ben franklin, not his real name, has been living in chile legally for nearly 3 years. he was overjoyed when he finally managed to pay a trapper to bring his wife over 8 months ago to an illegal border crossing. but on june fis, while they were sleeping, he says the migration police arrived and took his wife away on there. and the weather, or it took one day 24 hours at 6 am. on a saturday they detained her and on sunday evening she was already back in venezuela....
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they couldn't even agree on one capital to work at one point to try to satisfy everyone, even ben franklin had the idea we have multiple capitals because no one would want congress to come to their city. the joke was like ancient trojans, they would get a horse and make a giant trojan horse and congressman hide in it and they would wheel it into each city and congress would get out and do its business. .. so those are the other founding debates. next slide. enter into this vacuum george washington who has his vision for the country. washington state with our fate with the destiny of unborn millions be involved. he called it the most intense and explosive debate of the entire session in philadelphia, that being the fight over the capital city. selecting the seat of government is proving to be pregnant with difficulty and danger. washington was very cognizant of the fact that this debate could undermine the country, yet without a strong capital city he did not know that this country could endure. washington proposes the following things. i have them on your screen. number one, a strong natio
they couldn't even agree on one capital to work at one point to try to satisfy everyone, even ben franklin had the idea we have multiple capitals because no one would want congress to come to their city. the joke was like ancient trojans, they would get a horse and make a giant trojan horse and congressman hide in it and they would wheel it into each city and congress would get out and do its business. .. so those are the other founding debates. next slide. enter into this vacuum george...
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the agree and one point to try to satisfy everybody ben franklin through the idea we should have multiple capitals. because nobody would want congress to come to the city. and the joke was like ancient you know, the trojans saying they were without a horse predict never the giant trojan horse and they would hide in it. and congressman would get out and do its business of this was the other fanning debate. we have multiple things with george washington that the framers but the debate over a capitol city, was even more heated and even more preventive anymore bonus and then all of the other fanning debates the constitutional convention infidel it in a philadelphia. the debate over the capitol city almost undermines this nation just as were getting started. so those of the other pounding debates. next slide. enter into this back into george washington who has his vision for the country. it was a destiny of unborn millions involved in a call it the most intense and explosive debate of the entire session in philadelphia. that being the fight of the capitol city, selecting a state of government
the agree and one point to try to satisfy everybody ben franklin through the idea we should have multiple capitals. because nobody would want congress to come to the city. and the joke was like ancient you know, the trojans saying they were without a horse predict never the giant trojan horse and they would hide in it. and congressman would get out and do its business of this was the other fanning debate. we have multiple things with george washington that the framers but the debate over a...
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. >> ben franklin of all people said when they passed the first amendment no one had real ideas of what were doing. there was no debate during the constitutional convention. it's emerged in the last 50 years. is it i don't want a free history but we also have to appreciate our achievements? know, the founding fathers seven years after the first amendment was passed, we passed an act that outlawed. the amendment has evolved and it's taken shape. we don't take that as issue to say let's rewrite the whole thing. we should move a little more slowly and carefully. we do have time to ask. they say do you have an opinion about mark twain and the n-word as in huckleberry finn? the publisher didn't want to use the word in brand but it represents the time in which he lived and without it it isn't the same book. this really is encapsulating the free speech censorship time moves on historical perspective what was the intention. it's all there in that particular and all across the countrybo people are banning huckleberry finn for the schools. as we were saying. everything wrong is radioactive. >> i
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. >> ben franklin of all people, said when they pass first amendment, no one has be idea what they were forgot how heoi put it there s no debate during the convention someone brought up. the idea the late 18th century, it's extremely difficult. this has emerged in the last three years, i don't want to freeze history but we also have to appreciate our achievement, the founding fathers, seven years after the first amendment was passed, we passed an act which outlawed all of this so the first amendment was passed as tension and it's taking shape. i'm just worried that we are living in a highly partisan environment and people areon hurting. i acknowledge that. i am as well, take it to simply just i was just rewrite it, we should move more slowly and carefully. >> i noticed you said if it here. [laughter] a joke. [laughter] a good question and we do have time to ask who says do you have an opinion about mark twain and the n-word? is an huckleberry finn. the publisher didn't want to use the word imprint product historical and represents the time in which he lived. without it, it's not the sam
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population in the united states is traditional 50 percent is anchored in modernism thomas jefferson ben franklintein edison and milton friedman and they reject the worldview that came before them it rejected religion so son atheist they believe in science they don't believe in scripture revelation are things like that. and then a rejection of what comes before but you have this alignment between a traditionalist andad ethics and modernist science that drove america for many decades. andd then the view comes about because the flaws or failures of the previous worldview. so modernism, some of the things progressivism was realizing the limitations of modernity so the environmental movement has cannot of that because it is producing economic progress those are externalities to negatively impact the environment so those that are progressive have strong environmental views. but the last three years we have antiracism movement which is very progressive that whole bulk ideology is a progressive mindset and arguing that america is inconsistent and that we have not done a good enough job to overcome racis
population in the united states is traditional 50 percent is anchored in modernism thomas jefferson ben franklintein edison and milton friedman and they reject the worldview that came before them it rejected religion so son atheist they believe in science they don't believe in scripture revelation are things like that. and then a rejection of what comes before but you have this alignment between a traditionalist andad ethics and modernist science that drove america for many decades. andd then...
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people from georgia and the south don't like that midco against franklin and one try, what does ben franklin? so franklin writes us booth and he's brilliant at satires, he's great cartoons satires appeal to a democratic culture, tongue and says well, if some of the arguments i just heard about why we should present slavery made by the georgians put me, something that happened 100 years ago, there was this slaveholder defending the enslavement of the christian and every single argument the georgians made aboutut enslaved people are he stopped, african arabs enslaving white european christians, someone has to do the work they don't believe in god and they are better off here than in their homeland and they want to intermarry with lesser blood holy scripture authorizes this and this is good for them so he takes every one of the georgians arguments, flips around racially brilliant spoof from the same guy 16 years old pretended he was a middle aged matron for my 15 years old, franklin spoofs his own brother doesn't realize franklin create5 this fictional character and he does it at the c end and
people from georgia and the south don't like that midco against franklin and one try, what does ben franklin? so franklin writes us booth and he's brilliant at satires, he's great cartoons satires appeal to a democratic culture, tongue and says well, if some of the arguments i just heard about why we should present slavery made by the georgians put me, something that happened 100 years ago, there was this slaveholder defending the enslavement of the christian and every single argument the...
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some examples would be thomas jefferson, ben franklin, madison, john f.einstein, edison, friedman in some ways. guys like bill gates is another strong modernist. the progressives which make up about 20% of the population right now, for each of these comes out and they partly reject the worldview that came before them. modernism rejected faith, religion largely. many atheists believe in reason, science. they don't believe in scripture or revelation or things like that part of them there is rejection of what comes before but progressivism, you have this hawaiian between traditionalists, ethics and modernist sites. it drove america for many decades until this came along. it comes about because their flaws or failures in the previous worldviews so modernism does not fully realize the things progressive is him has come up, realizing so the environmental movement has come out of that because modernism produces economic progress, there are externalities coming out about back in impact to the environment so people were progressive tend to have strong environmenta
some examples would be thomas jefferson, ben franklin, madison, john f.einstein, edison, friedman in some ways. guys like bill gates is another strong modernist. the progressives which make up about 20% of the population right now, for each of these comes out and they partly reject the worldview that came before them. modernism rejected faith, religion largely. many atheists believe in reason, science. they don't believe in scripture or revelation or things like that part of them there is...
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i believe it is ben franklin, an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure. for this, we don't even have the pound of cure. getting that vaccine is so safe. more than 160 million americans have gotten it with very, very few side effects compares to the side effects of covid. long covid, cognitive fog, fatigue -- i mean it really is a no brainer to get that. once people are very sick, we have limited interventions for this ailment. >> go ahead. >> given the transmissibility of this virus, really wearing a mask when you are going indoors and another place is not too much to ask for. we are not talking about wearing a mask for eight hours a day. we are talking about wearing a mask for 15 minutes when you are going into some facility where you are going to intersect with people that you don't know. get one of the good masks the n-95 mask and wear it properly. that's another thing. not really -- we have to do our part. this is part of freedom and doing your part for the community. >> doctor, you drawn the line of the new reporting of people saying in florida oh ye
i believe it is ben franklin, an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure. for this, we don't even have the pound of cure. getting that vaccine is so safe. more than 160 million americans have gotten it with very, very few side effects compares to the side effects of covid. long covid, cognitive fog, fatigue -- i mean it really is a no brainer to get that. once people are very sick, we have limited interventions for this ailment. >> go ahead. >> given the transmissibility of...
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and they rail against franklin and one guy actually says, what did ben franklin know about the constitution? so franklin writes a spoof and he's brilliant at satires. and he's brilliant with cartoons and satires appeal to a democratic culture and it's tongue in cheek. he writes as if he actually says well some of the arguments i just heard why we should preserve slavery made by the georgians and south carolinians put me in mind of something that happened 100 years ago and there was this era slave holder who actually was defending the enslavement of the infidel christians and every single argument that the georgians makes about enslaving black people and arabs, enslaving christians, and they're better off here than the homeland and want to intermarry with lesser blood and holy scripture and this is good for them and a positive so he takes every one of the georgian arguments ap flips it around racially and he's brilliant of course. it's a brilliant spoof, the same way 16 years old pretended he was a middle aged matron in silas dogood. he spoofs his own brother his own brother and doesn't real
and they rail against franklin and one guy actually says, what did ben franklin know about the constitution? so franklin writes a spoof and he's brilliant at satires. and he's brilliant with cartoons and satires appeal to a democratic culture and it's tongue in cheek. he writes as if he actually says well some of the arguments i just heard why we should preserve slavery made by the georgians and south carolinians put me in mind of something that happened 100 years ago and there was this era...
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. >> ben franklin and of all people no one had any real idea what the hell they were doing.there was no debate about it during the constitutional convention. the idea of what free speech was it's extremely different. i don't want to freeze history but they also have to appreciate our achievements. seven years after the first amendment was passed we passed a sedition act which outlawed almost all the -- so the first amendment it was passed as an intention and i'm just really worried the fact that we are living in a highly partisan environment, that we don't take that and say let's just rewrite the whole thing. >> and i notice you said f it. just joking. we do have a really good question and we do have time to ask it from lou who says you have an opinion about mark twain and the m n word as in hucklebey finn. a publisher did not want to use use the word imprint but it's historical and represents the times in which he lived. it now it does not the same book i believe. this encapsulates the free-speech censorship time moves on historical if what was the intention. it's all there
. >> ben franklin and of all people no one had any real idea what the hell they were doing.there was no debate about it during the constitutional convention. the idea of what free speech was it's extremely different. i don't want to freeze history but they also have to appreciate our achievements. seven years after the first amendment was passed we passed a sedition act which outlawed almost all the -- so the first amendment it was passed as an intention and i'm just really worried the...
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. >> ben franklin, of all people, said when they passed the first amendment, no one had real idea whatthey were doing. i forgot how he put it but he put it beautifully. there was no debate during the constitutional convention, someone brought it up they went with it. the idea of what free-speech was in the idea of what it is now is extremely difficult. i'm not saying what we call absolutist in the present moment we have now, i don't want a free history but we also have to appreciate our achievement that the founding fathers, seven years after the first amendment was passed, we passed a sedition act outline all of this so the first amendment has evolved, it was passed as intention and it's taken shape. i'm just worried the fact that we are living in a highly partisan environment, people are hurting. i acknowledge that. i am as well that we don't simply say let's just rewrite it, we should move a little more slowly and careful. >> i noticed you said it. [laughter]ou we do have a good question, we do have time to ask, do you have an opinion about mark twain's and the n-word exercising huc
. >> ben franklin, of all people, said when they passed the first amendment, no one had real idea whatthey were doing. i forgot how he put it but he put it beautifully. there was no debate during the constitutional convention, someone brought it up they went with it. the idea of what free-speech was in the idea of what it is now is extremely difficult. i'm not saying what we call absolutist in the present moment we have now, i don't want a free history but we also have to appreciate our...
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his four children that are unbelievably full of homilies in cliches had sounds like a crib of ben franklin on the one hand and felonious lecturing to his children things like never a borrower or lender but alexander brown has his own variant of things like trust is hard to earn an easy to lose. be careful of those with whom you do business. it's better to be safe than to venture everything in lose it pounding these guiding principles into his children and his children pound of those risible is a placenta their children to pound them into their children and even after the 1930s when the last of the brown family stops being essential to the governing of the business and moves into the other partners not related by blood but still embody that eat those. that at its time was not necessarily remarkable. what's remarkable is how remarkable that is in retrospect in terms of how the financial world evolves and the idea of risk as the thing you should hold front and center in your assessment of how you do business there's a very different mantra than the contemporary mantra of wager at all and try
his four children that are unbelievably full of homilies in cliches had sounds like a crib of ben franklin on the one hand and felonious lecturing to his children things like never a borrower or lender but alexander brown has his own variant of things like trust is hard to earn an easy to lose. be careful of those with whom you do business. it's better to be safe than to venture everything in lose it pounding these guiding principles into his children and his children pound of those risible is...
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. >> ben franklin of all people said that when they passed the 1st amendment, no one had any real idea what the hell they were doing. i forgot how he put it. but he put it beautifully. there was no debate about the 1st amendment during the constitutional convention. i mean someone brought it up. [inaudible]. you know, the idea of free speech was [inaudible]. the idea of what free speech is now is strongly different. [inaudible]. i don't want to freeze history, but we also have to, you know, appreciate our achievements. no, the founding fathers -- i mean seven years after the 1st amendment was passed, we passed a sedition act which outlawed almost all dissent, you know, so the 1st amendment has e sol vol ved -- evolved. it was cast as sort of an intention, and it's taken shape. i'm just really worried in the fact that we are living in a highly partisan environment and people are hurting. i acknowledge that. i am as well. that we don't take that as an excuse to simply say oh, let's just rewrite the whole thing. we should move a little bit slowly and carefully. >> we do have a really good
. >> ben franklin of all people said that when they passed the 1st amendment, no one had any real idea what the hell they were doing. i forgot how he put it. but he put it beautifully. there was no debate about the 1st amendment during the constitutional convention. i mean someone brought it up. [inaudible]. you know, the idea of free speech was [inaudible]. the idea of what free speech is now is strongly different. [inaudible]. i don't want to freeze history, but we also have to, you...
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so, i wanted -- had found myself, without wanting to, and rooting for ben franklin, get him to do the right thing. and most the time he did the right thing. but when william was holding out his hand, i wanted to reach across the centuries and dak his hand, dam it, take it but he didn't. but he didn't. and he went back to america and he never forgave his son. for, well, doing what his conscience told him to do, to side with his king. and i had a particular reason, part of it was the father in me saying come on. your son is holding out his hand to me. and there was another part of it and that is that it was one of the very few acts of franklin's life that i couldn't explain boss because he was, on the whole a very reasonable person. he fell out with many in england during the revolutionary war. andwin by one he made up with them. i couldn't make sense of what was going on in his head and heart at the time. now, we historians don't claim to have all the answers. and i realized i don't know why he did this important thing. and it's towards the end of the book. and i thought i don't know.
so, i wanted -- had found myself, without wanting to, and rooting for ben franklin, get him to do the right thing. and most the time he did the right thing. but when william was holding out his hand, i wanted to reach across the centuries and dak his hand, dam it, take it but he didn't. but he didn't. and he went back to america and he never forgave his son. for, well, doing what his conscience told him to do, to side with his king. and i had a particular reason, part of it was the father in me...
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and if you've ever read ben franklin's autobiography, he and franklin were close. business associates first and then friends. franklin, when he -- when whitefield first came to philadelphia, franklin did a little experiment. franklin does experiments, right? so he's walking around the edges of the crowd trying to figure out how many people can hear him speak at one time, and franklin said, you know, i think maybe 25 or 30,000 people can hear him speaking at one time. so that tells you that whitefield, he had a background in the theater as a teenager. he was a play actor before his conversion is. he knew how to project his voice. and i think he must have just been enormously loud. okay? and he's, when he -- a lot of the portraits we have of whitefield are when he's old and kind of sick, so i like portraits like this one when he's a young man. relatively young. they thought he was good looking. you know, tell for yourself what you think about that. young man, very dynamic. and unlike edwards, whitefield's presentations were without a manuscript. he would pretty much
and if you've ever read ben franklin's autobiography, he and franklin were close. business associates first and then friends. franklin, when he -- when whitefield first came to philadelphia, franklin did a little experiment. franklin does experiments, right? so he's walking around the edges of the crowd trying to figure out how many people can hear him speak at one time, and franklin said, you know, i think maybe 25 or 30,000 people can hear him speaking at one time. so that tells you that...
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there are ben franklin off to the right the tallest man six two. it was jefferson and off to the left. of him is the stout his rotundity. they called him john adams. and the play 1776 feeds the notion that this moment is the signing moment. and that's why we celebrate july 4th. the truth. is this the painting depicts the moment when the committee the five-man committee that drafted the declaration presents the draft to the the full congress on june 28th. it's really june 28th. not july 4th. adams himself writes to his beloved abigail on july 3rd and says yesterday july 2nd is going to be today that is celebrated in speeches and orations and parades and illuminations even gets the fireworks, right? but he thinks today we're going to celebrate as as independence day is july 2nd. and the reason he thinks that is the july 2nd is the day that the congress voted on the resolution from virginia written by richard henry lee that said these colleagues are and have every right to be independent states. that's the declaration of independence legislatively. an
there are ben franklin off to the right the tallest man six two. it was jefferson and off to the left. of him is the stout his rotundity. they called him john adams. and the play 1776 feeds the notion that this moment is the signing moment. and that's why we celebrate july 4th. the truth. is this the painting depicts the moment when the committee the five-man committee that drafted the declaration presents the draft to the the full congress on june 28th. it's really june 28th. not july 4th....
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most people get excited when they go because there's lots of americana there, ben franklin signet ringused to be george washington, they went missing around the time they were hidden from the nazis, i have a theory where they went that's in the book, anybody's guess, i got emotional walking into the ballroom which lafayette turned into a philosopher because it was aristocratic. the reason i got emotional isre because the little girl, a jewish girl there, she described sleepingo near the fireplace and feeling safe to know she's being hunted. there's a video on my website that describes how they got caught, they would not be coming to the capitol to find jewish children so that was an amazing experience. the writing of the book was largely finished before the pandemic struck but i was still finalizing it. i remember being struck by something because i was finishing it at the height of the pandemic when it was the scariest because we didn't knowt what we were dealing with that so we were under lockdown in our member thinking this is not great but when i look at these women who face to sit
most people get excited when they go because there's lots of americana there, ben franklin signet ringused to be george washington, they went missing around the time they were hidden from the nazis, i have a theory where they went that's in the book, anybody's guess, i got emotional walking into the ballroom which lafayette turned into a philosopher because it was aristocratic. the reason i got emotional isre because the little girl, a jewish girl there, she described sleepingo near the...
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and if you've ever read ben franklin's autobiography, he and he and frankline were close and then friends franklin when he first came to philadelphia franklin did an experiment, franklin does experiments and he's walking around trying toan figure out how many people can hear him speak and franklin said he was a play actor before his conversion and projected voice and i think he must've been in war mostly loud. okay, a lot of the portraits that we have a winfield is when he was old and kind of sick so i like portraits like this one when he is a young man relatively young, they thought he was good looking and what do you think about that, a young man. anyone, unlike edwards winfield presentations were without a manuscript, he would pretty much memorize his sermons and he had a repertory of ten or 15 15 sers that he would rotate through because all he did was return array he did not have a aggregation. ld rhe could really short lesson sermons anyhow to memorize. and see what people were reacting to and he was moving around the stage and he would in effect act out if he's talking about the st
and if you've ever read ben franklin's autobiography, he and he and frankline were close and then friends franklin when he first came to philadelphia franklin did an experiment, franklin does experiments and he's walking around trying toan figure out how many people can hear him speak and franklin said he was a play actor before his conversion and projected voice and i think he must've been in war mostly loud. okay, a lot of the portraits that we have a winfield is when he was old and kind of...
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jefferson and the committee of five who are tasked with drafting the declaration which included ben franklindams, roger sherman and robert livingston. and so the "we" means committee of five, but it also means the 56 members of the continental congress. and then on top of the 56 members of the continental congress, it also means the american people. the declaration of independence is speaking on behalf of we, the people, we, the people of the united states of america, we hold these truths, but there is a problem, because what it does it mean to say we, the people, hold these truths to be as some of these truths are philosophical complex topics as we'll see in a minute, and did all americans come it see these truths all at the same time? surely there is a difference of intellectual capacity of between say thomas jefferson and john adams on the one hand and an uneducated hard scramble farmer living on the western frontier of massachusetts. well, i think then the keyword to unlock the meaning of self-evident truth is the word hold. so we hold, and hold means to grasp, but to grasp is something
jefferson and the committee of five who are tasked with drafting the declaration which included ben franklindams, roger sherman and robert livingston. and so the "we" means committee of five, but it also means the 56 members of the continental congress. and then on top of the 56 members of the continental congress, it also means the american people. the declaration of independence is speaking on behalf of we, the people, we, the people of the united states of america, we hold these...
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a guy named carl, harry redmond, ben franklin. and other gamblers in des moines. this is interesting, you know, the supposedly honest, staid, upright midwest, you see all these gambling centers and in des moines, there is a guy named david salzer. big gamblers. they are going to be involved in this. and then, a fourth group. well, i don't know if you can call two people a group. and they are sleepy bill burns and a guy named billy maharg. sleepy bill burns had been a major league pitcher of no great repute, at all. and no great energy, which is why he was called sleepy bill. he would literally fall asleep on the -- on the bench. but he had left baseball and be -- became -- he was speculating in oil leases in texas. he was a texan. but he would come up and hang around with all the -- the ball players. and try to sell them or try to get them to invest in oil leases. so, he is traveling this circuit of major-league cities and teams. he is on trains with the players. in 1919. and he hears this rumor and, in fact, the players approach him. we'll -- they're so crooked,
a guy named carl, harry redmond, ben franklin. and other gamblers in des moines. this is interesting, you know, the supposedly honest, staid, upright midwest, you see all these gambling centers and in des moines, there is a guy named david salzer. big gamblers. they are going to be involved in this. and then, a fourth group. well, i don't know if you can call two people a group. and they are sleepy bill burns and a guy named billy maharg. sleepy bill burns had been a major league pitcher of no...
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there's ben franklin's signet ring and there used to be george washington's jewelry .ey went hidden from the nazis. that's in the book but it's anybody's guess, i got very emotional in the ballroom which lafayette had turned into a philosopher saul because it's not like him to be aristocratic reason i got emotional, she describes sleeping in the fireplace. and there's a video on my website how close she came to being caught so this is until we came to find jewish children so that was san amazing experience . the writing of the book was largely finished before the pandemic but i was still fine on seeing it and i remember being very struck by something because i was finishing it at the height of the pandemic when it was precarious because we didn't know what we were dealing with yet so we were under lockdown and i remember thinking well, this is not great. but when i looked at these women who faced situations far darker than they are now they reached inside themselves and met the moment they were faced with. and every generation is going to face the challenges, it's goin
there's ben franklin's signet ring and there used to be george washington's jewelry .ey went hidden from the nazis. that's in the book but it's anybody's guess, i got very emotional in the ballroom which lafayette had turned into a philosopher saul because it's not like him to be aristocratic reason i got emotional, she describes sleeping in the fireplace. and there's a video on my website how close she came to being caught so this is until we came to find jewish children so that was san...