Re:Ask HN: Examples of young people who did hard things?
by keiferski on Monday July 27, 2020 @04:30PM
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Most of the Founding Fathers were pretty young. Doesn’t get much harder than building a new country from scratch.
Some were older, like Thomas Jefferson who was 33, John Hancock who was 39, or Benjamin Franklin who was 70. Others were shockingly young — even teenagers. James Monroe, for example, was 18 and Alexander Hamilton was 21. Madison was 25.
Some were older, like Thomas Jefferson who was 33, John Hancock who was 39, or Benjamin Franklin who was 70. Others were shockingly young — even teenagers. James Monroe, for example, was 18 and Alexander Hamilton was 21. Madison was 25.