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Historians Will Not Fail To Note That A People Who Could Spend $300 Billion On Defense Refused To Spend A Tiny Fraction Of That Total To Keep Their Libraries Open In The Evening.

A Sign Of Celebrity Is That His Name Is Often Worth More Than His Services.

The Star Is The Ultimate American Verification Of Jean-jacques Rousseau's Emile. His Mere Existence Proves The Perfectability Of Any Man Or Woman. Oh Wonderful Pliability Of Human Nature, In A Society Where Anyone Can Become A Celebrity! And Where Any Celebrity . . . May Become A Star!

Our American Past Always Speaks To Us With Two Voices: The Voice Of The Past, And The Voice Of The Present. We Are Always Asking Two Quite Different Questions. Historians Reading The Words Of John Winthrop Usually Ask, What Did They Mean To Him? Citizens Ask, What Do They Mean To Us? Historians Are Trained To Seek The Original Meaning; All Of Us Want To Know The Present Meaning.

By Reading We Discover Our World, Our History, And Ourselves.