“Vain hope! The moral possibility is lacking, and a moment so prodigal of opportunity finds a generation unprepared to receive it.”—Friedrich Schiller
A recent Times Literary Supplement opened with a review by Ritchie Robertson entitled “Liberty in danger: The failure of enlightened hopes.” Within it, Robertson offers the observation that the French Revolution “did not bring freedom because the people conducting it were not free.” [TLS, 2/2/24, p.4]
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Prufrock's Dilemma 