isaac newton to mozart to einstein. let me give you a few examples of how hard madison worked in the run-up to the convention in philadelphia and the convention at self. first of all, knowing it was coming up he began an intense constitutions.nd he had been interested in this idea since he was an instrument has but with books jefferson should come from this, he began areally intense study and relative staying with the madison's -- i am smiling because virginia is one big ray. he stepped back from this constant socializing and started working very hard. a relative who came to see him wrote in his diary that he came and eatate sparingly and would work until dinner. while everybody was riding horses, he was in his room working. now he knew that washington's presence at the convention could make all of the difference. washington was so admired and so loved by the american people at this time that if he were there the convention would have a greater chance of success than if he was not. he wrote letter after letter to the ge

like mozart, newton and edison, james madison changed the world. his hard work makes another point as well. he was often ill, many historians have called him sickly. he was even a hypochondriac. when he was well he was very well. traveling 1000 miles through new york, traveling through that blizzard, indeed in the beginning traveling from my failure to philadelphia was quite a challenge. he often traveled in the rain, i am struck by how often it was on the roads.ddy he was forced to dismantle his carriage, taken apart and make three trips with it which involved something like a poet over a pond. then he had to get his horses across. this is an extraordinary amount of energy to expand if he is sickly. it is true that he had gastrointestinal problems that plagued everyone in the 18th century. many people believe illness was caused by bad air and doctors did not wash their hands. he also suffered from what he called sudden attacks which he describes as somewhat resembling epilepsy and suspending the intellectual function. his most influential biograph

the 10:00 mass is famous for its music, and today it's mozart. enter the cathedral, and you're immersed in pure baroque grandeur. ♪ dona nobis ♪ ♪ nobis pacem ♪ since it was built in only about 15 years, the church boasts particularly harmonious art and architecture. in good baroque style, the art is symbolic, cohesive, and theatrical, creating a kind of festival procession that leads to the resurrected christ triumphing high above the altar. ♪ nobis ♪ ♪ dona nobis ♪ ♪ nobis pacem ♪ ♪ pacem ♪ music and the visual art complement each other. the organ loft fills the church with glorious sounds as mozart, 250 years after his birth, is still powering worship with his musical genius. ♪ nobis ♪ ♪ nobis pacem ♪ ♪ nobis ♪ ♪ pacem ♪ announcer: it was fought in the north and in the south, in the air and on the ground. it was fought in the white house and in the halls of congress, in america's streets and colleges and living rooms. now catch a special sneak peek at the television event of the year as pbs previews "the vietnam war." of "the vietnam war" was

the 10:00 mass is famous for its music, and today it's mozart. enter the cathedral, and you're immersed in pure baroque grandeur. ♪ dona nobis ♪ ♪ nobis pacem ♪ since it was built in only about 15 years, the church boasts particularly harmonious art and architecture. in good baroque style, the art is symbolic, cohesive, and theatrical, creating a kind of festival procession that leads to the resurrected christ triumphing high above the altar. ♪ nobis ♪ ♪ dona nobis ♪ ♪ nobis pacem ♪ ♪ pacem ♪ music and the visual art complement each other. the organ loft fills the church with glorious sounds as mozart, 250 years after his birth, is still powering worship with his musical genius. ♪ nobis ♪ ♪ nobis pacem ♪ ♪ nobis ♪ ♪ pacem ♪ ♪ tom stienstra: the first drops of life, first drops of the future, first drops of our journey, those, those begin here. ♪ the majestic range of the sierra nevada unsurpassed beauty, powerful are the forces that built them; tectonic forces, glacial forces, uplifting and carving what we see today. ♪ our journey follows a drop

it's like mozart. i throw over the bedspread. i'm like, "we're speaking in disney dialogue."un down. i hug cornelia. >> reporter: that bedside discovery launches an experiment, what ron calls the basement sessions. every night, the family gathers to watch and reenact disney scenes like in "the jungle book." ♪ wherever a i wander, wherever i roam ♪ >> cornelia and i basically get phds in disney. >> we were jumping into his language and his world, going in to where he was rather than trying to bring him out to where we were. they soon discover owen has memorized dozens of disney movies. and not only knows the lines, he's using the films to teach himself about life. >> he started to use the movies as a kind of mirror to understand his life. "hercules" for not giving up. >> you've got to swear to be safe from any harm. >> "jungle book" for making friends. "pinocchio" for what it feels like to be a real boy. >> you are a real boy! >> reporter: owen is at a school for children with learning disabilities. his language skills are improving. >> what is it, "o"? >> it's a game. >> yeah

mozart, bothhim to were geniuses with their gracious works changed forever how people think.he is currently working on a book about the virginian dynasty , washington, jefferson, micro and madison. that will be out in about two years. what fascinates her is the first 36 years of our republic with the exception of four short years of john adams the virginia dynasty was in power. written5 books she has five of them are history books for children and we have bucked him for all of our grandchildren. i have read them over and over with the grandchildren who love them. i will just mention a few because you may want to purchase them. -- a primerpurchase for our country. "a her of my favorites is for abigail" of course, the one i love the most is when washington crossed thedelaware it talks about general leading his army across the river on christmas night and his surprise attack on the enemy in trenton. it teaches children about and dedicationm, to your dream. thrower --o a pathan baton thrower she required hours aspractice and she was known flamboyant as her baton sportscenter upli

he talks a little bit about the vienna of mozart and their contemporaries. he talks about the american founding generation. how does it happen that we suddenly have when we need them ordinarily this cornucopia of apt talent? , 1941-1945, the american army, and indeed, the navy, although that is not my topic tonight, but i will mention that, suddenly found a of enormously talented general officers and admirals. how did that happen? how do we account for that? and this brings me to a number of things, but also particularly to george marshall, whose own career was spent largely in andation between the wars was able to identify young captains and majors and had an uncanny ability -- peter drucker writes about this -- the best pickers of leadership talent in our history. he could infer, and the proof is what these people became, from what he knew of them when they were relatively young, their capacity for growth, and what they were likely to become when the larger challenges of life were presented to them. it is quite extraordinary, and some of the names you will

is plot is roughly based on mozart's magic flute -- [laughter] and justice scalia has to go through acertain number of trials -- [laughter] and he has been locked up in a dark room being punished for excessive dissenting. [laughter] and then i enter through a glass ceiling --m e [laughter] [cheers and applause] i enter to help him get through these trials. and commander -- [inaudible] asks me how can you come to his assistance? he is your enemy. and i say, no, he's not my enemy, he's my friend. and that's really the theme of the opera, how two people who think differently about some very important things can, nonetheless, genuinely like each other, enjoy each other's company. one of the things that justice scalia would do every now and then, he'd read one of my opinions whether he agreed with it or not, he'd call to correct my grammatical errors. [laughter] he never sent this through i the channels, never on paper but always in a telephone call. my -- typical of justice scalia was we disagreed softly in the e virginia military institute case that questioned where virginia could mainta

or mozart, or king. that is my tradition and i will say that is superior to other traditions and i don't care if you agree with me or not. that's whoa i am, and i feel that our country was founded in a certain way, and quote mrs. thatcher, the only country formed by an idea, not by blood lines or race or counselors or heredity. they were all each other's equal. and that idea had tremendous revolutionary impact in places it was not intended. but without that you couldn't have that eman's nation, cooperate have hat women's rights or in other groups. that is who we -- who he was to his core but would not compromise. moral equivalency he would not find. right and wrong and certain things are superior and i don't care if it's politically correct. >> i think the student's question recalled for us that buckley emerges in the wake of the protestant social gospel movement, wilsonian progressism that for true christian belief government must be an instrumentality of bringing aid and comfort to the poor, movement t

we go back to mozart.y talented so me personally people don't believe in my dream because they see it as unrealistic because that's not what's happening right now. >> you mentioned this but someone who really did believe in you was eddie cane over here. >> yeah, definitely. >> he had you on the show and this sort of blew up and gained a lot of traction with some leaders and things so you entered competitions as well i understand. >> oh, definitely. >> good for you. eddie tells about how this relationship started. >> well, a friend of mine philip, i am a radio persal of the largest online radio shows in the country when is the eddie cane radio show on wlbs radio. fill little bit brought his gentleman to me and said eddie you have to bring some kind of life to him. he's a 15-year-old kid that's very smart. we did an interview and in doing so i was able to see how articulate -- the articulation of his words and how passionate he was about helping other youth in the area. doing so, i posted the video footage o