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As ‘Things Fall Apart,’ People Seem to ‘Lack All Conviction’

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As ‘Things Fall Apart,’ People Seem to ‘Lack All Conviction’
Demonstrators pause in front of the FBI offices during a march from the Brooklyn Center police station in Brooklyn Center, Minn., on April 13, 2021. Scott Olson/Getty Images
Roger Kimball
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The American poet Delmore Schwartz (1913–1968) had a number of good one-liners.

Roger Kimball
Roger Kimball
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Roger Kimball is the editor and publisher of The New Criterion and publisher of Encounter Books. His most recent book is “Where Next? Western Civilization at the Crossroads.”
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