He informed the Founding Fathers and renounced the excesses of Democracy, and died for it. He mastered the art of oratory. He preserved the knowledge of ancient Greece. His life and works extolled the virtues of the republic, and decried the evils of the voting public.

…and for that, he is persona non grata in History classes.
Muted by historians, but made deafeningly relevant by the protractions of time.
In his own words: “Time destroys the figments of the imagination, while confirming the judgments of nature.”

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