Dec
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Most Influential Americans?
Filed Under Culture, Fun, Jonathan Edwards
The Atlantic released their list of the top 100 most influential Americans, compiled by a panel of their contributors. Though I applaud the progenitor of my university at numero tres, I notice Jonathan Edwards (90) was given the back seat over Margaret Sanger (51), Joseph Smith (52), Elvis Presley (66), PT Barnum (67), Brigham Young (74), and Mary Baker Eddy (86). At least the blurb on Edwards was decent: “Forget the fire and brimstone: his subtle eloquence made him the country’s most influential theologian.”
In the end, it is a good list when you consider their design was to give the most influential Americans and not the most magnificent Americans. Feel free to comment with any changes you would have made had you been on the panel.
We can discuss Robert E Lee (57) versus Ulysses S Grant (12) another time.
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