TocquevilleAn Author Profile By Gabriel Blanchard The legacy of the American and French Revolutions is a complicated one, and nowhere exhibits its complexity more than in the writings […]
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MontesquieuAn Author Profile By Gabriel Blanchard We have a general notion of the debt our government structure owes to the British, the Romans, even possibly the Iroquois; but
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Student Essay: Hector and Heroism By Eamonn Flynn Achilles is the protagonist of the Iliad, but most readers see Hector as its moral “hero.” Yet is the conventional
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HughesAn Author Profile By Gabriel Blanchard Human dignity perennially demands both political and artistic expression; in Langston Hughes, both impulses are revealed. ❧ Full name: James Mercer Langston
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ThoreauAn Author Profile By Travis Copeland Few authors are less timely than Thoreau, and it is in this that he is most edifying to us. ❧ Full name:
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The Great Conversation: Liberty—Part II By Gabriel Blanchard The liberties of speech and person we take for granted are part of a larger philosophic framework—one with a more
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The Great Conversation: Liberty—Part I By Gabriel Blanchard Liberty is among the most complex and controversial topics in the Great Conversation—which is saying a lot! One of the
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A World of Thanks By Gabriel Blanchard To give thanks for a good harvest is one of the most ancient traditions in the world. Thanksgiving is sometimes thought
Magna CartaA Book Profile By Travis Copeland The supremacy of law over arbitrary government is not guaranteed by civilization, but cost immense effort to obtain. The Magna Carta
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Student Essay: Jail and Justice By Leah Alden As prisoners are out of our sight, so they are out of mind—but should they be? Few people think about
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