, and densmore proposes putting window in one wall of madison's new library so that madison will be able to see the temple. so we do know, and madison agreed with that, the window was put in. it's part of the house today, so that does tell us that madison viewed this as a very special element of his lands -- of the landscape around his home. you know, the ancient models of temples are where the greek and roman gods were housed and worshipped, but that's not the reference that madison was making. he was really recalling antiquity as a source of philosophy from aristotle to cisero and to how the real purpose of life, the purpose of government and how the people can start governing themselves through democracy and republican forms of government. for him it was the ideas of antiquity, not the religion, that was the motivating force. because he really built a lot of his thinking about the american constitution many, going all the way back to antiquity, to find the best ideas that history offered. we've not found madison making reference to any specific structures. his name was william thornto