It is a commonplace observation that liberals believe in the perfectibility of man while conservatives believe in the endurance of original sin. Supe… - William A. Henry III

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It is a commonplace observation that liberals believe in the perfectibility of man while conservatives believe in the endurance of original sin. Superficially, that would suggest that conservatives take a more understanding and indulgent view of individual lapses, while liberals take a more harshly judgmental one. In fact, we know, quite the opposite is the case.

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About William A. Henry III

William Alan Henry III (1950 – June 28, 1994) was an award-winning American cultural critic and author.

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Alternative Names: William Alan Henry III William Alfred Henry III William A. Henry William Henry
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In the unexamined American Dream rhetoric promoting mass higher education in the nation of my youth, the implicit vision was that one day everyone, or at least practically everyone, would be a manager or a professional. We would use the most elitist of all means, scholarship, toward the most egalitarian of ends. We would all become chiefs; hardly anyone would be left a mere Indian.

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