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Beyond the Dreams of Avarice, by Russell Kirk. 339 pp. Chicago: Henry Regnery Company. $4.50

Russell Kirk’s importance in the conservative renascence became evident with the publication of his The Conservative Mind. This brilliant history of conservative thought reminded the public that not all profound thinking veers to the left, and that past ages at least have seen no essential conflict between conservatism and benevolence. Since then Mr. Kirk has produced a steady stream of articles and reviews testing by the touchstone of his conservatism a wide variety of men, movements and institutions. The present work brings these together.

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Beyond the Dreams of Avarice, by Russell Kirk. 339 pp. Chicago: Henry Regnery Company. $4.50

Russell Kirk’s importance in the conservative renascence became evident with the publication of his The Conservative Mind. This brilliant history of conservative thought reminded the public that not all profound thinking veers to the left, and that past ages at least have seen no essential conflict between conservatism and benevolence. Since then Mr. Kirk has produced a steady stream of articles and reviews testing by the touchstone of his conservatism a wide variety of men, movements and institutions. The present work brings these together.