The rarefied world of Thomas Jefferson died when his pipe dream of colonization fizzled and the Civil War exploded his world for good. His notes on the state of Virginia is an embarrassment. What happened to him after 1785 is vexing perhaps but beyond my pay grade. It's too bad we don't have his Gal Sal's perspective. Washington burned his letters and thereby exploited his gift of silence. Hamilton still has relevance but not from the Broadway musical. Madison is worth serious study; but the scholarship is voluminous. The Madisonian Persuasion eludes me. The Madisonian advocacy of pitting faction against faction is falling apart in today's world. (Federalist #10)