Those Five Words

Those Five Words

‘In April 1779, Alexander Hamilton wrote in a letter to John Laurens, five words so racy, so explicit that they were thoroughly marked through by his son in an effort to censor his father’s passion.  Those five words have haunted curious academics for centuries, leaving us to only imagine what bawdy innuendo he could’ve written that was worse than even ‘the length of my nose’.  @john-laurens​ requested the microfilm and graciously shared so that we all can speculate what those five words were.

I submit to you, 

“In drawing my picture, you will no doubt be civil to your friend; mind you do justice to the length of my nose and don’t forget, that I ⟨never spared you of pictures⟩.”

I’m more sure of some words than others, but in explanation:

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if i once told you i am going to learn something by heart, then i am. there's no other way, that's it.

and that's the story of how i learned the lyrics to the whole hamilton soundtrack in, let me see, two months..?

well this including the fact that i'm not a native speaker, so... ehm, additional points?

fashion trends we need to bring back:

1. togas 

2. long ass capes 

3. these pirate shirts with puffy sleeves 

to think about it...

ever wondered how would you express a feeling when you're like "yEs" but one second after you're like "...nO" after seeing something?

just say

yo.

"Fall in love it will be fun" they said, "it will leave you with a heart wrenching pain and a longing for your lover that will hurt all of your insides for the next 6 months or more making you wish you were dead" they never said.

Thank you for coming to my rant!!

ELEVATION OF CARBON DIOXIDE IN THE BLOOD CAUSED BY AN UNCONTROLLABLE EXTERNAL THREAT

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