Cabinet Battle #1 (Lin-Manuel Miranda - Hamilton Cast)[WASHINGTON]Ladies and gentlemen, you coulda been anywhere in the world tonight, but you're here with us in New York City. Are you ready for a cabinet meeting???The issue on the table: Secretary Hamilton's plan to assume state debt and establish a national bank. Secretary Jefferson, you have the …
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Hamilton: Two Songs, Different Perspectives, One Truth
[Reposted from last week, these two songs in the context of the whole Hamilton sequence, and because they are so pivotal to his story.] Hamilton’s intellect and courage and vision and words, all were not enough to save his marriage after his adultery. Though still married in title, only a shell remained. The trust and …
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Hamilton: A Side Note
A side note to provide a bit of added explanation - in case needed - as to why all the Hamilton lyrics post. Love the musical. A Saw it in San Francisco a couple years ago with my wife; she was so excited she saw it a second time the next weekend. The music has …
Hamilton: A New Nation Struggles, It’s Founders Battle and Shape
Non-Stop (Lin-Manuel Miranda - Hamilton Cast)[BURR]After the war I went back to New York[HAMILTON]A-After the war I went back to New York[BURR]I finished up my studies and I practiced law[HAMILTON]I practiced law, Burr worked next door[BURR]Even though we started at the very same timeAlexander Hamilton began to climbHow to account for his rise to the …
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Hamilton: Twin Developments Shaped His Path
Hamilton's bravery and leadership got General Washington's attention; thus he became the general's Right Hand Man. And then his charisma at a Winter's Ball caught the eye of a certain Schuyler, and she was Helpless. [WASHINGTON]Don't get me wrong, you're a young man, of great renownI know you stole British cannons when we were still …
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Hamilton: Rise to The History to Which You Are Called
[WASHINGTON]I was younger than you are nowWhen I was given my first commandI led my men straight into a massacreI witnessed their deaths firsthandI made every mistakeI felt the shame rise in meAnd even now I lie awake[WASHINGTON]Knowing history has its eyes on me[HAMILTON/WASHINGTON]History has its eyes on me. [LAURENS/MULLIGAN]Whoa...Whoa...Whoa...Yeah[COMPANY]Whoa...Whoa...Whoa...Yeah[WASHINGTON]Let me tell you what I …
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Hamilton: My Shot
I am not throwing away my shot! I am not throwing away my shot! Hey yo, I'm just like my country I'm young, scrappy and hungry And I'm not throwing away my shot! I'm ‘a get a scholarship to King's College I prob'ly shouldn't brag, but dag, I amaze and astonish The problem is I …
Still Striving: Not Yet Independence For All
Accessibility links Skip to main content Keyboard shortcuts for audio player OPEN KQEDOn Air Now DONATE Open Navigation Menu RACE What The Fourth Of July Meant To Those Enslaved In The U.S. July 3, 20205:00 AM ET Heard on Morning Edition LISTEN·6:586-Minute Listen Toggle more options History professor David Blight of Yale University talks with NPR's …
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The American Experiment, Continued
We, every human on the planet that has been, is now, of ever will be, we are are ALL born with rights given to us by God or, Nature, and that no other human can take these rights away. Etcetera. Worth your time to listen. And the American Experiment continues... one.npr.org/i/887027361:887027362
Hamilton, How It Began
Burr: “How does a bastard, orphan, son of a whore and aScotsman, dropped in the middle of a forgottenSpot in the Caribbean by providence, impoverished, in squalorGrow up to be a hero and a scholar?”
