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Andrew Sullivan on The Classics, Independence, and the Human Experience

The Daily Stoic

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Using the Words of the Founding Documents of America

i am trying to address the corps arguments that often come from christian sources, whether they be catholic or evangelical. And by talking to people whom you might be in disagreement with, using texts that they themselves have embraced, you have a much better chance of persuading them. That's exactly what m l k is doing when he talks of the promised land - bringing it back to life again and pushing it into the contemporary context. The idea that humans, all the knowledge we have, has just learnt in the last 12 months is so insane. I can see that as a potentially, inaa potent political argument.

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