And they absolutely don't need to be "perfect", whatever that means. My total hero, since kidhood, has been Thomas Jefferson from Monticello, up in the foothills of the Blue Ridges! Over the past few years, have added many bio books about "TJ" to my small library at home and ever so carefully read and absorbed them. He was, by far, not "perfect" but went far beyond his personal search for learning much more about the world around him than the average Yogi Bear. Jefferson, an avid student of Greek thinking, developed his ability to "see" far byond the realm of government for his young country. By the way, he was a grad of William & Mary.
He literally lived at the right time and place during the formative years of our American government! Isn't it unique, too, that, at the same period our young country was surrounded by thinkers and doers like Patrick Henry, Thomas Paine, Benjamin Franklin and that guy known as George Washington?
So....who do you claim as a hero, or three?
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