The American Spectator

The Nation's Pulse

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THE WHEEL TURNS, the country changes. There is no escaping that. Big things happen and small things, superficial and profound things: we can all make our lists. I am happy for the changes in my neighborhood, which are for the better; for the jobs the family business creates; for the improvement in the tennis level of our Chip n Charge Social and Athletic Club and Annual Picnic, Assn.

p>Change is fine, but history is a record of the harm done by people who think they know better than thee what fine change be. Those who've presumed to know more than the common lot of mortals have doomed others to perdition, until they themselves gave in to despair, a sin -- br> /p> blockquote> em>To-morrow, and to-morrow, and to-morrow, br> Creeps in this petty pace from day to day, br> To the last syllable of recorded time; br> And all our yesterdays have lighted fools br> The way to dusty death. /em> /blockquote> br> Macbeth as a proto-totalitarian? I shun such analysis. He was a political gangster, and without implying any abusive comparisons, that is sufficient evil to caution us about quick-change men.

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