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[N]o democracy worth its name could continue to drag the burden of slavery around after it.

— Allen C. Guelzo

What It Means

This is a placeholder explanation generated by the low-overhead model. It interprets "[N]o democracy worth its name could continue to drag the burden of slavery around after it." in the context of "p. xviii" to mean that wisdom is timeless.

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Allen C. Guelzo

About Allen C. Guelzo

Allen Carl Guelzo (born 1953) is an American historian.