When they got back together in the late started to assemble in the late late spring of 1787, it was still ostensibly with the mindset of amending the Articles of Confederation. It was not officially their objective to write an entirely new document and ordain an entirely new structure and framework for our government to operate. And yet, that is what they came up with. I happen to believe that those men were special. They were unusually gifted, unusually well educated, both as compared to their day and hours in every respect. (12:04–12:16)
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Asserts that the initial objective was not to create a new government framework during the 1787 convention.
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