Episode 6: ”Feel My Pulse”

Algernon Sidney. Algernon Sidney. Algernon Sidney. Algernon Sidney. OK, so I guess you know who this episode is about: Algernon Sidney! I call him Colonel Sidney (he was a colonel in the English army and I'm the son of a soldier, so I do that out of respect). You can call him Uncle Algy or whatever you want, just put some respect on his name! He is one of the men who most influenced our Founding Fathers. Algernon Sidney so profoundly influenced our Founding Fathers that they used to have memorials every year remembering his execution and at one of those in 1820, the speaker said, "Algernon Sidney is an American name." That's because of the invaluable and incalculable contribution Algernon Sidney made to the founding of the United States. His book, Discourses Concerning Government was called "the handbook of the Revolution." Jefferson called it the best book written on the subject of government and natural rights in any language ever! He also said that as soon as young people could read, we should put this book in their hands. Let's do that! I hope you can feel how much this video means to me. I truly admire, revere, and respect Colonel Sidney, and any opportunity I get to tell people about him is a great blessing. I am blessed to know about him, to have read his books (he wrote two, as well as a couple of essays), and to get to tell his story to Americans who are no longer taught about him or the things he wrote. That has all changed now! Remember to look up the Trial of Algernon Sidney, the Apology of Algernon Sidney, and the Algernon Sidney's Letter to the Sheriff on the Scaffold. You'll be blown away by all three and you'll instantly see why he was one of the men most admired by our Founding Fathers. Make sure to write down the commonplace book quotation and PLEASE make sure to comment and share and like and do all those other things. But most of all: PLEASE COMMENT! I want to get to know the people I'm talking to and the only way we can do that using this medium is if y'all comment on the videos. So, help an old man feel good and comment and then comment some more!