In one sense freedom is always in crisis, just as beauty is, and honor and truth-all those things which man has made for himself as a garment against the ever-present blasts of the barbarian spirit. (August Heckscher II)

In one sense freedom is always in crisis, just as beauty is, and honor and truth-all those things which man has made for himself as a garment against the ever-present blasts of the barbarian spirit.

August Heckscher II

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