Mike Duncan on the Marquis de Lafayette and His New Book, Hero of Two Worlds
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Lafayette, a Man of Great Principle
Lafayette is a person of great principle. Where did these principles come from? How did he become so firmly rooted in ideas of liberal governmence and reform? This is actually a very interesting question, because when he's young it's very clear that he is sort of looking to his mark on the world by being like a glorious soldier. But there was clearly some colonel inside of him that wanted to do more than sort of just be a famous soldier. He wanted to be afamous soldier on behalf of something that was noble, on behalf ofSomething that was idealistic. And so that sort of enters his heart. The way that he encounters the world stays the same throughout his life
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