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. . began seriously to consider their situation. —Benjamin Franklin, 1768 Addresses to the Throne, and remonstrances to parliament, we have already . . . proved the inefficacy of; how far then their attention to our rights & privileges is to be awakened or alarmed by starving their Trade & manufactures, remains to be tryed. —George Washington, 1769 The more the people are dissatisfied, the more rigor will be thought necessary; se- vere punishments will be inflicted to terrify .

. . thence, the British nation and government will become odious . . . war ensues, and the bloody struggle will end in absolute slavery to America, or ruin to Britain by the loss of her colonies. —Benjamin Franklin, 1771 We must assert our Rights, or Submit to every Imposition that can be heap’d on us; till custom & use, will make us as tame, & abject Slaves, as the Blacks we Rule over with such arbitrary Sway.

—George Washington, 1774 So inscrutable is the arrangement of causes & consequences in this world that a two- penny duty on tea, unjustly imposed in a sequestered part of it, changes the condition of all it’s inhabitants . . . —Thomas Jefferson, 1821 Art. I. The Name of the Confederacy shall henceforth be The United Colonies of North America . . . Art. XIII. . . . The Union thereby establish’d is to continue firm till the Terms of Reconciliation proposed in the Petition of the last Congress to the King are agreed to.

. . . But on Failure thereof this Confederation is to be perpetual. —Benjamin Franklin, proposed Articles of Confederation, 1775 Unhappy it is though to reflect, that a Brother’s Sword has been sheathed in a Brother’s breast. . . . But can a virtuous Man hesitate in his choice?

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Popa Declan Ryan Patricia Smith Emily Schulten Emily Wilson Kevin Young Awards, Fellowships, Residencies Apply Now Letters 2 Desire to Revive Peter Gosselin, Harrison Stetler Easy Chair 5 The Spirit of the Age Thomas Frank Harper’s Index 9 Readings 11 Chekhov’s Gun Vasily Grossman Bunker Buster Percival Everett tells a zinger at the end of history The Epistles of Paul Viceroy Bremer’s dispatches from the occupation of Iraq Gross International Product we messed around and disordered the world system Corridors of Madness Joyce Mansour Early 1984 Joshua Beckman And .

. . Lynn Adler, Luc Delahaye, Todd Gray, and a new calendar for horse-racing fans Report 24 HAPPY FUCKING BIRTHDAY Christopher Hooks An exhausted America turns two hundred and fifty From the Archive 37 Love of Country Adlai E. Stevenson Essay 39 AMERICAN EPHEMERA William T. Vollmann A primer on a free people’s government Letter from Florida 55 REPUBLICAN MACHINES Ann Manov Can the GOP save the humanities?

Memoir 65 BACKSLIDING Meghan O’Gieblyn On the paradox of willpower Story 73 ADVENTURES Padgett Powell Reviews 79 NEW BOOKS Dan Piepenbring WHERE THE LIGHT FALLS Clare Bucknell Who was Johannes Vermeer? DREAMS AND NIGHTMARES Rosanna Warren John Berryman’s fresh idiom Puzzle 95 Richard E. Maltby Jr. Findings 96 FOUNDED IN 1850 / VOL. 353, NO. 2114 JULY 2026 HARPERS.ORG m a g a z i n e Cover illustration by Steve Brodner 2 HARPER’S MAGAZINE / JULY 2026 lated wealth than for those beginning their professional lives. Even if young people, frustrated with the current parties, were to try to launch a new party, their efforts would prove futile under the current electoral system.

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