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I have just finished reading McCullough's "John Adams" and Morgan's "Benjamin Franklin" back-to-back. Franklin is a much easier (and quicker) read, as I think was the intent of the author -- not to overburden the reader with too much scholarly detail. The difference between the two subjects in each book, and their amazingly opposite treatment of the other, is what caught my interest. In Franklin, Adams is predictably portrayed as a vain, paranoid, peevish second fiddle. However, in Adams, Franklin is portrayed as a detached, dissipated, ill man with a one-man-band attitude and who was not over fond of help in the effort to secure assistance from the French. I… Read more
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This book is superb. A well-written, exhaustively researched treatise on the philosophy of "liberal science" and a look at the attacks made on that philosophy by (mostly) well-meaning advocates of inclusion, equality, and civil discourse. I'm somewhat at a loss to try and describe how important I think this book is. I rarely comment on books I've ordered, but I feel that EVERY educated person should read this book and understand the reasons why an open, critical, unfettered exchange of ideas is of central importance to civilization and to the progress of human knowledge. Read this book. You'll be glad you did.
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This book is superb. A well-written, exhaustively researched treatise on the philosophy of "liberal science" and a look at the attacks made on that philosophy by (mostly) well-meaning advocates of inclusion, equality, and civil discourse. I'm somewhat at a loss to try and describe how important I think this book is. I rarely comment on books I've ordered, but I feel that EVERY educated person should read this book and understand the reasons why an open, critical, unfettered exchange of ideas is of central importance to civilization and to the progress of human knowledge. Read this book. You'll be glad you did.
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