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■ Perilous Times Dept.: “Supreme Court Justice Douglas and his pacemaker often seem to be the only line between us and fascism.” Pete Hamill, N.Y. Post, March 28.

■ This was the most unkindest quote of all: “Washington reporters, with their acute sense of contemporaneity, always believe that each new Administration is plotting an assault on the freedom of the press with a determination and malignity never before seen in the Republic; the iniquities of past Presidents fade quickly in retrospect.”—Arthur M. Schlesinger Jr., quoted by Vice President Agnew. It is only fair to remind the reader that Professor Schlesinger’s dictum appeared in his book A Thousand Days, ’way back in 1965, when it was still a Lesson of History.

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■ Perilous Times Dept.: “Supreme Court Justice Douglas and his pacemaker often seem to be the only line between us and fascism.” Pete Hamill, N.Y. Post, March 28.

■ This was the most unkindest quote of all: “Washington reporters, with their acute sense of contemporaneity, always believe that each new Administration is plotting an assault on the freedom of the press with a determination and malignity never before seen in the Republic; the iniquities of past Presidents fade quickly in retrospect.”—Arthur M. Schlesinger Jr., quoted by Vice President Agnew. It is only fair to remind the reader that Professor Schlesinger’s dictum appeared in his book A Thousand Days, ’way back in 1965, when it was still a Lesson of History.