Keeping the Tablets: Modern American Conservative ThoughtWilliam F. Buckley (Jr.), Charles R. Kesler |
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... live up to it ; or , if you like , Both the Frenchman and the American publicly profess equal- ity as a political ideal , but violate that ideal in the detail of their day - to - day living . Now , in the case of the Frenchman , at ...
... live up to it ; or , if you like , Both the Frenchman and the American publicly profess equal- ity as a political ideal , but violate that ideal in the detail of their day - to - day living . Now , in the case of the Frenchman , at ...
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... live in a dream world , of the coming realization of which they are yet " scientifically " convinced . When dreams are carried over into the sober light of the day and become confused with reality , human action loses the quality of ...
... live in a dream world , of the coming realization of which they are yet " scientifically " convinced . When dreams are carried over into the sober light of the day and become confused with reality , human action loses the quality of ...
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... live in that complacency which is futility's idiot twin . We all know those grand aberrations of our time . We have plenty of names for them , politi- cal and invective . Communism is one of them . But all the aberrations have one ...
... live in that complacency which is futility's idiot twin . We all know those grand aberrations of our time . We have plenty of names for them , politi- cal and invective . Communism is one of them . But all the aberrations have one ...
Contents
Preface by William F Buckley Jr | 1 |
You Ever See a Dream Walking? by William | 19 |
The Quest for a Tradition | 37 |
Copyright | |
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