The Menace of the Herd, or Procrustes at Large

Part I: The Cult of Sameness

PART I THE CULT OF SAMENESS

“We are not a Christian civilization; democracy is not a Christian invention.” — Freda Kirchwey in The Nation, November 3, 1940.

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