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The Best July 4 Poem Ever: Trump, Biden, and...Tennyson?
Manage episode 426806816 series 2682020
It's not the most inspiring July 4 I've ever lived through, I'll say that much. But even after a thoroughly disorienting debate experience, and even with the Brits stealing thunder from our special day by hosting their own election (rude!), what we celebrate on the 4th isn't whatever happens to be going on at this particular moment, since in any given year it's likely to be grim. What we celebrate is the Anglo-American spirit of ordered liberty, which Alfred Lord Tennyson knew better than anyone how to salute. So raise a white claw to him this Thursday, and to our embattled old flag--she's still the best around.
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Manage episode 426806816 series 2682020
It's not the most inspiring July 4 I've ever lived through, I'll say that much. But even after a thoroughly disorienting debate experience, and even with the Brits stealing thunder from our special day by hosting their own election (rude!), what we celebrate on the 4th isn't whatever happens to be going on at this particular moment, since in any given year it's likely to be grim. What we celebrate is the Anglo-American spirit of ordered liberty, which Alfred Lord Tennyson knew better than anyone how to salute. So raise a white claw to him this Thursday, and to our embattled old flag--she's still the best around.
Check out our sponsor, the Ancient Language Institute: https://ancientlanguage.com/youngheretics/
I maked this: Light of the Mind, Light of the World: https://a.co/d/0fUMLN9f
Gateway to the Epicureans: https://a.co/d/03RaCAP5
Subscribe to be in the mailbag: https://rejoiceevermore.substack.com
Subscribe to my joint substack with Andrew Klavan (no relation): https://thenewjerusalem.substack.com
Ongoing series on conservative art at The American Mind: https://americanmind.org/feature/how-the-right-recovers-art/
264 episoder
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