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I think "a" leading intellectual rather than "the" leading intellectual understates Hamilton's role a bit. The other examples were not really his equal as an intellectual.--[[User:Aschlafly|Aschlafly]] 22:43, 7 September 2008 (EDT)
I think "a" leading intellectual rather than "the" leading intellectual understates Hamilton's role a bit. The other examples were not really his equal as an intellectual.--[[User:Aschlafly|Aschlafly]] 22:43, 7 September 2008 (EDT)
::well it depends what you mean by an "intellectual" rather little of Hamilton's career was spent as a writer (1788 on Fed Papers and 1792 on three big reports is about it, along with a couple essays in 1775.) I think John Adams was more widely read, for example, and Franklin was a world-famous scientist. Noah Webster likewise was a major intellectual. [[User:RJJensen|RJJensen]] 23:35, 7 September 2008 (EDT)