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fierce critic of organized stupidity

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Freedom

The passage below, about freedom, a hard-won human condition, is taken from Memoirs of a Superfluous Man by Albert Jay Nock, published in 1943, beginning on page 313. Like the general run of American children, I grew up under the impression that mankind have an innate and deep-seated love of liberty.  This was never taughtContinue reading “Freedom”

Posted byDavid A. Woodbury9 November 20169 November 2016Posted infreedomTags:freedom, NockLeave a comment on Freedom

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