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Visakan Veerasamy@visakanv• over 2 years ago

14 year old Alexander Hamilton in a letter to a friend: “I… may be justly said to build castles in the air… yet… we have seen such schemes successful when the projector is constant.” https://t.co/xwa8MR9Zdp

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james, the giant peach@JimmyRis• over 2 years ago

Replying to @visakanv

@visakanv If the castle is alluring and persistent, albeit high in the sky, the yearning masses will take it on themselves to build stairs and ladders, foundations will rise to meet walls

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bashu, thanks@bashu_thanks• over 2 years ago

Replying to @visakanv

@visakanv could somebody explain to me what this phrase means, "when the projector is constant"?

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Visakan Veerasamy@visakanv• over 2 years ago

Replying to @bashu_thanks

@bashu_thanks the projector here being the person who is projecting, ie the dreamer

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Visakan Veerasamy@visakanv• over 2 years ago

Replying to @visakanv

an interesting detail about the Federalist papers – it was a commercial flop initially. Hamilton got 500 copies printed, and there were hundreds of copies that were left unsold. so like maybe 100-200 people bought it initially https://t.co/mZsJAxZw2G

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Visakan Veerasamy@visakanv• over 2 years ago

Replying to @visakanv

(first pic is from chernow's book, second two are from here, which cites additional sources https://t.co/VyBeCdZs64)

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