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June 23, 2012 03:30 PM William Hazlitt on Barack Obama, Or: Why the Ridiculous is no Laughing Matter by Roger Kimball, from Roger's Rules “Those who lack delicacy,” Hazlitt observed, “hold us in their power.” All rumors to the contrary, and despite the principle enunciated by Jorgé Luis Borges that allows us to speak of such prodigies as Wordsworth’s influence on Milton, Hazlitt was not writing about Barack Obama. Yet he might have been, just as he might have [...] Click here to read the entire article » |
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