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The 1824 election came down to a contest between a member of the English elite, John Quincy Adams, and a member of the Scots-Irish lower class, Andrew Jackson.
George Friedman • The Storm Before the Calm: America's Discord, the Coming Crisis of the 2020s, and the Triumph Beyond
Charles Burnett (director)
en.m.wikipedia.org
@alcentian_one @harry_taussig https://t.co/0c6lA38IDu
“The Journalist and the Murderer,” by Janet Malcolm
newyorker.com
Jay Bushman
@jaybushman
Use active verbs unless there is no comfortable way to get around using a passive verb. The difference between an activeverb style and a passive-verb style—in clarity and vigor—is the difference between life and death for a writer.
William Zinsser • On Writing Well, 30th Anniversary Edition: An Informal Guide to Writing Nonfiction
do it with fewer words,
Daniel Calvisi • Story Maps: TV Drama: The Structure of the One-Hour Television Pilot
At the center of his analysis was the insistence that modern man, “like Macbeth,” had made an evil decision to trade allegiance to transcendent principles for present gain.
Richard M. Weaver • Ideas Have Consequences: Expanded Edition
