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Liberalism: Collectivist and Conservative
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Liberalism: Collectivist and Conservative

From the July 1989 issue of Chronicles. I never exchanged a word with Richard Weaver. I knew him because he was a figure at the University of Chicago. I heard that he was a teacher who expected his students to meet a high standard of intellectual probity and rigor; I think that he expected the...

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Liberalism: Collectivist and Conservative

I never exchanged a word with Richard Weaver. I knew him because he was a figure at the University of Chicago. I heard that he was a teacher who expected his students to meet a high standard of intellectual probity and rigor; I think that he expected the same of his colleagues. I was told,...