Lewis Lapham

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    Hunger shall make thy modest zone
    And cheat fond death of all but bone—
    —Cecil Day Lewis (1904–1972)

    A society that presumes a norm of violence and celebrates aggression, whether in the subway, on the football field, or in the conduct of its business, cannot help making celebrities of the people who would destroy it.
    —Lewis H. Lapham (b. 1935)