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Hamilton Had One Of Those Extraordinary 18th-century Minds That Touched On Virtually Every Major Topic Of The Day.

Writing About Dead White Males Seems To Be Out Of Favor Among Academics.

In Waiting For The Glorious Moment Of That First Book Contract, Writers Must Have Giant Reservoirs Of Patience. Yet They Must Persevere Because They Don't Know The Destiny That Is Being Worked Out For Them. They Creep Humbly Along The Ground, Without The Spacious Aerial Vision Of Their Lives That Would Show Them The Destiny In Store For Them.

As The Bull Market Goes On, People Who Take Great Risks Achieve Great Rewards, Seemingly Without Punishment. It's Like Crime Without Punishment Or Sex Without Sin.

One Of The Special Characteristics Of New York Is That It Is Different From A London Or A Paris Because It's The Financial Capital, And The Cultural Capital, But Not The Political Capital.