70 Year Magazine Archive

The Gimlet Eye

by Matthew Scully

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The Resentment of Genius

IF YOU are very lucky, life every now and then presents an Answer, a moment of illumination when the veil is lifted and everything—all one’s troubles and disappointments—are explained. For me it happened when I least expected it— just this morning as I was reading the Washington Post magazine.

Matthew Scully

About the Author

Matthew Scully

Matthew Scully is the author of Dominion: The Power of Man, the Suffering of Animals, and the Call to Mercy. He served as literary editor of National Review and as a senior speechwriter to President George W. Bush.

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