Absolutely 100%. The founders could not POSSIBLY have envisioned the nation becoming overrun with manchildren who never grew up at twice the age that their own sons were being sent to serve in the court of the Tzarina of Russia (John Quincy Adams, 14.) They figured "By 18, they'll be married or getting married, starting their own household, they're well informed American men by then!"
General Washington would have surrendered, if he could have seen what we'd do to his legacy...
Absolutely 100%. The founders could not POSSIBLY have envisioned the nation becoming overrun with manchildren who never grew up at twice the age that their own sons were being sent to serve in the court of the Tzarina of Russia (John Quincy Adams, 14.) They figured "By 18, they'll be married or getting married, starting their own household, they're well informed American men by then!"
General Washington would have surrendered, if he could have seen what we'd do to his legacy...