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Under the Surface

One morning in September, a dapper Frenchman seated next to me in the garden of the Château de Tocqueville gestured solemnly at the front page of Le Monde, the house…

Save Our Public Universities

by Marilynne Robinson,

In defense of America’s best idea

When democracy goes wrong

by John Lukacs,

Tocqueville’s Mistake

by Henry Steele Commager,

Books in brief

by Katherine Gauss Jackson,

The growth of the federal power

by Henry Loomis Nelson,

Editor’s easy chair

by Harper’s Staff,

Editor’s easy chair

by Wendell Phillips,

Editor’s literary record

by Harper’s Staff,

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Under the Surface

Save Our Public Universities

When democracy goes wrong

Tocqueville’s Mistake

Books in brief

The growth of the federal power

Editor’s easy chair

Editor’s easy chair

Editor’s literary record

Editor’s easy chair

Editor’s literary record

February 1870

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