Published Thursday, March 27, 2008 by Bruce Ramsey
Garrett believed in liberty and self-reliance, and not as two separate things. He was not eager to justify his belief. Some things just are, and liberty and self-reliance was who Americans were. Dependence on the state was an Old World idea, like the divine right of kings. Liberty, he believed, makes the individual strong. Here is a theme of his novels, essays, and postwar books. And how fares self-reliance today? Better here than in Europe, but worse than in Asia. Self-reliance in the new America is not what it was. Garrett died a saddened man.
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Garet Garrett: Far Forward of the Trenches (5.60 MB)