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Entry read: Opinion on the Constitutionality of a National Bank

Lots of classic Hamiltonian thought in this one. And lots of really interesting constitutional thought too!

The characters, even just three chapters in, are very vivid. I can easily picture the kind of people I might meet nowadays who are like Dorothea, Casaubon, or Celia.

I feel like Dorothea and I would get along. She’s got that kind of energy.

I really like the writing style too, in particular the way that Eliot narrates the inner thoughts of the characters.

Having read the biography makes all of these a lot more understandable.

Favourite quote from the couple of letters I read for this instalment:

“Because there must be some public fools who sacrifice private to public interest at the certainty of ingratitude and obloquy—because my vanity whispers I ought to be one of those fools”

At least he’s self aware.

Managed to find an edition with the number of pages I have! lol.

Those darn robots!

Have I started using page flags associated with a particular line from the musical? Yes, yes I have.

“In peacetime, when it came to defence, Canadians could not, or would not, think clearly. On their own blessed continent, where they boasted endlessly about the longest undefended border in the world, they could see no need for defence. […] When it came to defence, less than the minimum was more than enough—an enduring theme in Canadian history.”

Well if that isn’t a timely tidbit.