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Tradition and the ‘Democracy of the Dead’

Tradition and the ‘Democracy of the Dead’
G.K. Chesterton in an undated photo. Public Domain
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In “Four Quartets,” one of the most celebrated poems of the last century, T.S. Eliot writes:

Ian Gentles
Ian Gentles
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Ian Gentles is a fellow of the Royal Historical Society and distinguished professor of history and global affairs at Tyndale University in Toronto. He is the co-author of "Complications: Abortion’s Impact on Women" (2nd ed., 2018), published by the deVeber Institute for Bioethics in Toronto.
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