An engineer offered to haul some huge columns up to the Capitol at moderate expense by a simple mechanical contrivance, but Vespasian declined his services.…
Author, Editor, and Publisher
Author, Editor, and Publisher
An engineer offered to haul some huge columns up to the Capitol at moderate expense by a simple mechanical contrivance, but Vespasian declined his services.…
The French evolved out of the Franks — a culture out of mere blood — in a similar manner to how…
What is there that insults more deeply, that separates off so fundamentally, as letting others notice something of the strictness and height with which one treats oneself? And on the other hand…
Very clearly, Shakespeare and Dickens occupy the top two spots in any honest listing of history’s greatest writers. The only question, then…
[Calhoun] believed, in short, that life was a competitive struggle in which weakness was more to be feared than strength: a struggle in which eminence…
William Shirer’s lengthy investigation into the collapse of France’s third republic in 1940 features a notable paragraph that, in itself, not only explains the French failure in the Second World War but the general failure of the French in all notable and worthwhile fields going back to early modernity.
The Enemy is always all around, too revolting to ever truly win but so persistent as to never truly lose. Where Nero said…
An introductory catalogue to the canon of canons
Another two words — among all the many — in the English language are required to explain all America’s postmodern woes
There is no password to prosperity, no perfect phrase that unlocks the proper operation of a society. If wanting to try, however, one could not…