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#1 In 1778, following the harsh winter at Valley Forge, a soldier was asked his opinion of the Roman orator Cato. He responded that he had seen a play about Cato the previous evening, when it was staged in the camp's bakery.
#2 The classical world was far closer to the makers of the American Revolution and the founders of the United States than it is to us today. It...
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The bestselling author offers a revelatory new book about the founding fathers, examining their educations and, in particular, their devotion to the ancient Greek and Roman classics-and how that influence would shape their ideals and the new American nation.
On the morning after the 2016 presidential election, Thomas Ricks awoke with a few questions on his mind: What kind of nation did we now have? Is it what was designed or intended by the nation's...
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