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In the wake of the imminent release of The Words That Made Us, Akhil takes us to the end of the story - or was it? The deaths of America’s founders were all memorable in ways that reflected the character of each. This can’t be a coincidence, he maintains, and if it wasn’t, then what was it? The founders managed to leave their mark on the stage as they left it, and in so doing, and in some sense, they didn’t leave.
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In the wake of the imminent release of The Words That Made Us, Akhil takes us to the end of the story - or was it? The deaths of America’s founders were all memorable in ways that reflected the character of each. This can’t be a coincidence, he maintains, and if it wasn’t, then what was it? The founders managed to leave their mark on the stage as they left it, and in so doing, and in some sense, they didn’t leave.

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