Modern society seems to want simple solutions to complex questions.
Desired answers, not unlike the rhetoric of talk radio, need to be black and white, and never gray. History inevitably and clearly demonstrates that the more complicated and gray areas are, the more real answers can be found there. He accomplished amazing feats, yet made grievous errors. In many ways, his attempt to establish a colony resembles modern day attempts at various projects. But the legacy begun with the first colony is more important than the individual.