Who’s THAT guy?  Once upon a time, there was a man named Dr.
Benjamin Rush.  Never heard of him?  Not surprising, even though
he was a signer of the Declaration of Independence, and helped
ratify the Constitution of the United States.  He was beloved in
his time, spent much of his medical career helping the poor, was
an advocate for abolition of both slavery and the death penalty,
supporter of education for boys AND girls, and while serving as
a doctor in the Continental army, criticized and called for the
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