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Benjamin Franklin Returns to Gauge American Values
The speaker imagines Benjamin Franklin visiting modern America to judge if Americans still prize freedom. He contrasts color TV discourse, celebrities criticizing the nation, and educators spewing antiwar rhetoric with Franklin’s view on free speech, patriotism, and academic freedom on campuses and in schools.
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