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American Dialogue review: elegant history meets the raw politics of now

Washington, Jefferson, Madison and Adams teach us a lot but applying their lessons to the Trump era seems a thankless task

History is misused. Perhaps worse, history is too often ignored. To address both problems, Joseph Ellis hopes to restore dialogue in national life, using the Founders as touchstones rather than infallible guides.

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from Culture | The Guardian https://ift.tt/2OrfZYj

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