Episode 70: Dennis C. Rasmussen
The World in Time / Lapham’s Quarterly
The Illusion of Jefferson
The Missouri crisis of 1819 shakes the whole nation. He basically predicts the path to the Civil War. The illusion sets in with him very late in his life, but he doesn't give up on his belief in American exceptionalism.
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