Worse still, what future have a people whose schooling has enabled them, at best, to ascertain the price of everything — but the value of nothing? - Russell Kirk

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Worse still, what future have a people whose schooling has enabled them, at best, to ascertain the price of everything — but the value of nothing?

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About Russell Kirk

Russell Kirk (October 19 1918 – 29 April 1994) was an American political theorist, moralist, historian, social critic, literary critic, and fiction author known for his influence on 20th century American conservatism. His 1953 book, The Conservative Mind, gave shape to the amorphous post-World War II conservative movement. It traced the development of conservative thought in the Anglo-American tradition, giving special importance to the ideas of Edmund Burke. Kirk was also considered the chief proponent of traditionalist conservatism.

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Alternative Names: Russell Amos Kirk

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Conservatives respect the wisdom of their ancestors...they are dubious of wholesale alteration. They think society is a spiritual reality, possessing an eternal life but a delicate constitution: it cannot be scrapped and recast as if it were a
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