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Page 87
... Justice — and naturally I am not talking about the Justice of the courts but about the other Justice , which is consummated slowly and equally painfully in the teachings of the great magistrates of mankind , in the political struggles ...
... Justice — and naturally I am not talking about the Justice of the courts but about the other Justice , which is consummated slowly and equally painfully in the teachings of the great magistrates of mankind , in the political struggles ...
Page 177
... Justice has always been illegal , for the poor whose sons are cannon fodder and whose dreams “ are never fancy " ? Tu Fu said , " I am happiest among the best people I have found anywhere— poor woodcutters and fishermen . " Like Tu Fu ...
... Justice has always been illegal , for the poor whose sons are cannon fodder and whose dreams “ are never fancy " ? Tu Fu said , " I am happiest among the best people I have found anywhere— poor woodcutters and fishermen . " Like Tu Fu ...
Page 187
... justice - the " other " justice -- in freezing dew . He finds it in every- day detail , in natural convergence and daily and seasonal cycles . The " poetic " justice of Tu can save us from ourselves . The " justice " of Ronald Reagan ...
... justice - the " other " justice -- in freezing dew . He finds it in every- day detail , in natural convergence and daily and seasonal cycles . The " poetic " justice of Tu can save us from ourselves . The " justice " of Ronald Reagan ...
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Orthodox Heterodox Paradox | 15 |
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