new convention would probably not have voted to ratify, and his friend and fellow congressmen, nathan dane of massachusetts who said to smith, some of the wisest, most statesmanlike political council i have encountered in all my readings. that there were so many such men itself significant but it shows that the country was not dependent on a handful of great men. the united states had indeed -- had a deep bench and i was it a deep intellectual but if you're interested in history of ideas, it is very moving to see the debate on the very local level, which concerns issues which are a continued significant of those of us who care about liberty, and the conflict with power. in the end, i don't mean to say that washington wasn't on hamilton was a brilliant or madison wasn't learned in the end however there were others who might have moved forward into and national laws and and sometimes did, but who more often spend their political lives within their states. they and also their constituents, an important part of this story, invested their minds and their hearts in evaluating the constitution an