Reflections on Egalitarianism

The question before the house is: Why are there no statesmen? The assumption is that we have none. Some would call that presumptuous; I don’t. I think the query properly framed, and I believe I have the answer.

But you knew that. I have yet to meet a professor who could be keelhauled into a profession of ignorance. I do recall hearing of a junior faculty member who admitted that a student had him stumped. He was denied tenure.