Nov 26, 2009

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Another True Story of Thanksgiving

There are many “true stories” of Thanksgiving from the point of view of those who wish to deconstruct the civic pieties of liberal America in addition to the one in Mr. Hunter Wallace’s little feature.One of them that I have heard pointed out since childhood is that modern Thanksgiving was created by Lincoln as a day for the North to give thanks over the success...

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Jul 4, 2009

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D. H. Lawrence on Benjamin Franklin

Chapter 2 of  Studies in Classic American LiteratureThe Perfectibility of Man! Ah heaven, what a dreary theme! The perfectibility of the Ford car! The perfectibility of which man? I am many men. Which of them are you going to perfect? I am not a mechanical contrivance.Education! Which of the various me’s do you propose to educate, and which do you propose to...

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