founders, ibout the will suggest donnie wahlberg. six feet tall, jefferson, monroe, washington and particular. i'm struck time and again when i read about washington, how important his busy was to his outcome -- his physique was to his accomplishments. when one first lady first met him, she scolded about not telling her what to expect. dr. benjamin rush described washington this way that there is not a keen get in europe that byld not look like a valley his -- who would not look like a ballet by his side." but wide -- alet by hisk like a v side." habit ofon had a self-possession that placed at ready command the rich luminescence of his discriminating mind. i called him a genius in my book and this caused some heartburn among some critics. i am happy, however, to stand my ground on that. the worldt only saw he was born into, he saw how it could be different. at age 36, he arrived at the philadelphia convention -- later known as the constitutional ideas.ion -- full of intent on creating a nation from the 13 states such as had never bee