Even a king can’t get a good portrait in an age of equality.
Attempts to transform it into a liberal democracy have failed—and may have made matters worse.
They lost their mos majorem—their sense of tradition and custom—with disastrous results.
The founder of Modern Age saw the need for order in the soul and in society.
Claiming the moral high ground over “settler colonialists” will never deliver true justice.
Out of histories of defeat comes a sense of solidarity and respect for tradition.
This memorial of the Sage of Mecosta, originally from 1995, recalls the man in full.
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