Hamilton Jr Script ((new)) -

Is that the tragedy? That the son of a shooting star Is just... a man?

(He picks up a worn copy of The Federalist Papers.) hamilton jr script

Or maybe that’s the victory. You burned so bright so the rest of us Could learn to live in the warm light — Not consumed by it. Is that the tragedy

I never held a pistol in anger. I never bet the farm on a pamphlet. I paid my debts. On time. I walk into a room, And they look past me — Looking for you. hamilton jr script

(sits down, exhausted)

(pause)