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Petal Paper in Petal, Mississippi

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Petal Paper

Location

Petal, Mississippi, United States of America

Date

Mar 26, 1959

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Is Democracy Possible and the Greek Freedom Idea

The speaker discusses Dr. Robert M. Hutchins award remarks at the Commodore Hotel in New York. He cites Edith Hamilton’s essay on The Greek Freedom and explains how ancient Athenians balanced law and freedom, noting unwritten laws and self imposed limits as essential to democracy and social harmony.

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Robert M. Hutchins Fund For the Republic Commodore New York City Sidney Hillman Saturday Review Edith Hamilton Bryn Mawr Socrates Solon Athen Miss Hamilton Statesman Thucydides Pericles Whitehead
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Letters from Verona and New York on race and truth

Readers discuss honesty and morality in public life, criticizing segregation and racism. A Petal Paper subscriber apologizes for a canceled subscription while Clayton Stephens notes issues of capital letters and truth. A Virginian warns Ludson Hudgine about racist beliefs, recounting personal devolution from prejudice to enlightenment and urging growth.

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Petal Diogenes Eastland Clayton Stephens DVM
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Is Democracy Possible and the Yale Law World

Dr. Hutchins reflects on sixty years since birth in Brooklyn and Capone’s birth date, praising the Hillman prize and the value of dialogue in democracy. He credits education and broad civic participation, laments modern obstacles like media entertainment and technocracy, and recalls shocks to his labor and foreign policy proposals from Fund for the Republic.

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Herkimer Street Chicago Alphonse Capone The Chicago Tribune Tribune Hillman Sidney Hillman Yale Law School University of Chicago Fund For the Republic Brooklyn Dean Street Nostrand and Dean Ecesa Founding Fathers
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P. D East Side Verona Miss B.D. East Ludson Hudgine Capitol Pages New York N.Y Richmond Sons of the Revolution Methodist Church VIP Dr. Hutchins
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