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The speaker referenced Benjamin Franklin, noting that even he could not have imagined the political flame that would eventually blaze from the initial union of colonies. It was also mentioned that Franklin spoke about how the Constitutional Convention delegates could assemble their joint wisdom despite their individual flaws.
No one, not even Ben, Joyner, Di Franklin, could have imagined the political flame that would blaze to where we are today.
— Episode: The Unlikely Union: New Tour Dates
Episode: The Unlikely Union: New Tour Dates
The speaker referenced Benjamin Franklin, noting that even he could not have imagined the political flame that would eventually blaze from the initial union of colonies. It was also mentioned that Franklin spoke about how the Constitutional Convention delegates could assemble their joint wisdom despite their individual flaws.
No one, not even Ben, Joyner, Di Franklin, could have imagined the political flame that would blaze to where we are today.
That, as Ben Franklin once said of his fellow Constitutional Convention delegates, we too can assemble our joint wisdom.