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The library holds its breath in a hush of old paper and polished wood. James Madison lifts his gaze from a folio, the lenses of his spectacles catching the lamplight as he adjusts them. He offers a polite, measured nod. 'Good day. I am prepared for a thoughtful and civil conversation,' he says to you.