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Radio and online audiences also our cspan audience today. Its my pleasure to introduce David Davenport hes the author of rugged individualism dead or alive. Hes also a Research Fellow at Hoover Institute at Stanford University and president at pepper dime one of our great Educational Institution just not in the bay area. David thank you for coming to share is this with us. [applause] thank you, george and ladies and gentlemen, its pleasure to be with you today. It occurred to me as we collected up yet one more spring rain and were competing with the warriors playoff game, and i assume that giants and dodgers game, i dont need to give a talk on rugged individuals you are the rugged individuals ....
My pleasure to introduce David Davenport, the author of rugged individualism dead or alive. 0 also Research Fellow at the Research Institute and previously the president of pepperdine university. David, thank you very much for coming to share this with us. [applause] thank you, george, and ladies and gentlemen, its a pleasure to be with you today. Occurred to me as we collected up yet one more spring rain and were competing with the warriors playoff game and i assume the giants and the dodgers game, i dont need to give a talk on rugged individualism. You are rugged for show up. Youre also brave to come and hear an academic talk of many good stories i think. Scholars and academics can one i heard recently was at a Scholarly Panel i was attending, and the moder ....
A way of your countrys future or are over the next couple of decades. In it is intriguing question. A lot of the policies eisenhower pursued would appeal he did believe the government had a strong role to play of the for structure of the interstate highway system but he foresaw that the affair state is something that politicians that they cannot control is a runaway train and we saw the future more clearly with americas role in asia and the rise of china, the split without the fate of domestic politics. I can hear the historians it is called Douglas Macarthur a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize a great pleasure. Spee1. Did scenes in so many ways to go back down for if to pull the man one direction but it goes back to and to support that that divide history when dash gary that affects whether not against a major threat spee1 peabody cspan2 t9 you have a book called t11 t15 wh ....
Madison was the only framer that we know of that took complete notes that summer. The book argues that the book was not written in its entirety y wrote it. The road madisons account was the most complete. How did you get this idea . As i began to investigate the notes and read them, i realize there were a lot of mysteries. Things were not quite how i expected them to be. As they spent a lot of time with the notes, and really wonderful access at the Library Congress, it became evident that this most important document was not what we thought it was. Where are the notes at the library of congress . How hard was it for you to see them . They are in a big vault at the library of congress. You need special permission. Most people dont need to go that far. You can see them on the Library Congress website, and the library has a wonderful website with many documents, including ma ....
The book argues that the notes werent written in their entirety that summer. But madisons the most important account of that summer. Brian where did you get this idea . Mary i thought i would write a narrative, a story of what it has been like from his perspective and as i investigate the notes and read them, i realize there were a lot of mysteries and things werent quite as i expected them to be and as i spent a lot of time with the notes and wonderful access at the library of congress and it became evident it wasnt what we thought it was. Brian where are the notes at the library of congress . Mary they are in a big vault at the library of congress and you need special permission. Most people dont need to go that far and you can see them on the website and the library has a wonderful website. For this project, it was important to look at the notes. I could go down and see it. I kept my hand behind my back the entire time and only touched them. Brian why did it take two years . Mary th ....