@SoCalGuy One MORE time. My "original thesis" is not a thesis. It is a fact of basic LOGIC, to wit: "We cannot accurately judge ANY historical figure OUT of the context of their OWN time period !" I just cannot *make it any more simple than that, and, this (really, I promise this time) is my *final effort in repeating that statement. Readers can either fully *ignore it, or do with it what they will, but I am *not going to continue going all "broken record" on it ! Thank you for the discourse.