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The Weird Moment in American Leadership
The generation that founded America was largely in its 30s and 40s with Thomas Jefferson, a mere 33 when he took the quill in hand and wrote the Declaration of Independence. Abraham Lincoln took the oath of office at 52. William T Sherman marched to the sea at 44. Ulysses S. Grant arrived just shy of 43 at Appomattox. Hard to overstate here. We don't need everyone just to be an older person.
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