Yeah, in the 7 months or so (not sure of the exact time frame, speaking from memory here but it was short) that Rawle was studying in England.
Amazing. There was a brief period of time in which Vattel took America by storm, and then was never spoken of again, except for years later, when the guys at the Constitutional Convention got together and suddenly remembered that Vattel was God.
And Rawle was so unlucky to have missed it.
I am wondering whether that's the stupidest thing I've ever heard. I've heard so many superbly stupid claims, it's difficult to keep track.
“And Rawle was so unlucky to have missed it.”
Rawle went to law school in 1782 and he published the “View of the Constitution of the United States” in 1825. In the intervening 43 years he became one of the most prominent lawyers in Pennsylvania.