tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6171252542873796679.post4936913697118093279..comments2023-05-26T06:35:41.480-05:00Comments on Contractually Obligated to Like Books: I don't write like I'm running out of time, unfortunately.Jamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18076215213828545013noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6171252542873796679.post-28361269804858799072016-01-11T13:27:22.648-06:002016-01-11T13:27:22.648-06:00Hello, fellow readalonger!
I feel like I've b...Hello, fellow readalonger!<br /><br />I feel like I've become much smarter and informed from reading your post because while I've just highlighted what a badass Hamilton was, you worked on *actually* thoughtful analysis on the rhetoric! Reading your blog helped me rehash the implications of Hamilton's upbringing with his reactions to a talking revolution vs a mob, etc. Etudesquehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13106938419901219249noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6171252542873796679.post-33416572382942411392016-01-10T11:16:39.881-06:002016-01-10T11:16:39.881-06:00I love all of this; it's a whole new level of ...I love all of this; it's a whole new level of consideration for this book that I hadn't engaged with. Interesting that you wonder whether Hamilton would have preferred a talking revolution--it seems like yes, maybe he would of; though he also and separately wished for a war somewhere in the world so that he could make a mark and move upwards in the world in a way that peacetime wouldn't allow (that that is the case is probably worth of an entire library's worth of work independent of this...). To me, the fact that the revolution in America was a military one was maybe not his ideal, but he certainly worked it to his advantage, having earlier recognized the benefits of war in advancing his station in life.<br /><br />That said, I am by no means a history scholar, I'm just spitballing based on 100 pages of an 800 page book.<br /><br />I love that you've got me thinking about this!Kerry Mhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10624436758426097032noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6171252542873796679.post-3479894559724712262016-01-10T10:31:28.959-06:002016-01-10T10:31:28.959-06:00I dunno, I thought Chernow made a reasonably good ...I dunno, I thought Chernow made a reasonably good case for Hamilton being nervous of anarchy. He's a devout revolutionary, for sure, but he also wants there to be a rule of law internal to the revolution. Like, they're not going by the king's law anymore, but Hamilton wants them to still HAVE laws. At least that was the impression I got -- very anti-riot, it seems like!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6171252542873796679.post-37039098829857044972016-01-08T09:25:40.861-06:002016-01-08T09:25:40.861-06:00Very much appreciate your post, which is actually ...Very much appreciate your post, which is actually intelligent and thought out (vs, mine which is gif-filled)Redhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16456600806188531803noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6171252542873796679.post-66429395144638797692016-01-08T09:24:25.042-06:002016-01-08T09:24:25.042-06:00AND. I agree with the ANDAND. I agree with the ANDRedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16456600806188531803noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6171252542873796679.post-7991779379014117632016-01-08T08:32:35.265-06:002016-01-08T08:32:35.265-06:00Or read 700 more pages AND listen to the musical a...Or read 700 more pages AND listen to the musical another fifty times.<br /><br />THANK YOU FOR YOUR HIGHLY INFORMED CONTRIBUTION Reading Rambohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12614467198216577755noreply@blogger.com