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Chargement... On Democracypar E. B. White
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Inscrivez-vous à LibraryThing pour découvrir si vous aimerez ce livre Actuellement, il n'y a pas de discussions au sujet de ce livre. Sometimes E. B. White's writings can bring me calm in the midst of chaos, which was why I picked up this new little volume yesterday afternoon. It didn't work this time. Not his fault, things are just too disgusting right now, and our democracy feels too fragile. The bits about Fred the dachshund in "Bedfellows" still made me chuckle, though, and his letter to the Bangor News rang true. He closes that letter "Your correspondent Mr. Buckley reminded us the other day, via Tocqueville, that democracy is destructible. It is, indeed. It can be destroyed by a single zealous man who holds aloft a freedom sign while quietly undermining all of freedom's cherished institutions." ( ) aucune critique | ajouter une critique
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HTML: "I am a member of a party of one, and I live in an age of fear." These words were written by E. B. White in 1947. Decades before our current political turmoil, White crafted eloquent yet practical political statements that continue to resonate. "There's only one kind of press that's any goodâ??" he proclaimed, "a press free from any taint of the government." He condemned the trend of defamation, arguing that "in doubtful, doubting days, national morality tends to slip and slide toward a condition in which the test of a man's honor is his zeal for discovering dishonor in others." And on the spread of fascism he lamented, "fascism enjoys at the moment an almost perfect climate for growthâ??a world of fear and hunger." Anchored by an introduction by Pulitzer Prize-winning historian Jon Meacham, this concise collection of essays, letters, and poems from one of this country's most eminent literary voices offers much-needed historical context for our current state of the nationâ??and hope for the future of our society. Speaking to Americans at a time of uncertainty, when democracy itself has come under threat, he reminds us, "As long as there is one upright man, as long as there is one compassionate woman . . . the scene is not desola Aucune description trouvée dans une bibliothèque |
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