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Henry Regnery, RIP

THE obituaries acknowledge Henry Regnery as a pivotal figure in American publishing. His aim was to find fresh voices that would argue the continuing cogency of the old ideals, and to re-expose the giant figures of the recent past and of the longtime past to those curious to examine the canon of what we now call conservative thought. He once wrote me, early in 1970, that we had “inherited a great and noble tradition, and it is worth fighting for.” He did, right up to his death at 84.

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Henry Regnery, RIP

THE obituaries acknowledge Henry Regnery as a pivotal figure in American publishing. His aim was to find fresh voices that would argue the continuing cogency of the old ideals, and to re-expose the giant figures of the recent past and of the longtime past to those curious to examine the canon of what we now call conservative thought. He once wrote me, early in 1970, that we had “inherited a great and noble tradition, and it is worth fighting for.” He did, right up to his death at 84.