Washington's task was to transform the improbable into the inevitable. Auteur: Joseph J. Ellis Copy Quote More from Joseph J. Ellis “The first symptom of the trouble appeared when Madison studied Hamilton’s propo…” “In Jefferson's mind great historical leaps forward were almost always the produ…” “For Madison, on the other hand, “a Public Debt is a Public curse,” and “in a Re…” “Burr had the dark and severe coloring of his Edwards ancestry, with black hair …”