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The New Treason
Hill, H. D. | January 2, 1929 issue

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The article focuses on the book "Treason of the Intellectuals," by Julien Benda, and translated by Richard Aldington. The preface present the antithesis with which M. Benda deals in "The Treason of the Intellectuals"--or, as he calls them, the "clerks"--as brilliant an essay on the motive forces of democracy as has appeared in recent years. His points are briefly these: There are two worlds, a world of practical means and practical ends, served by men of political bent and passion, and a world of pure thought and creative activity remote front immediate application, inhabited by men who are devoted to the just rather than to the strong.

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TREASON of the Intellectuals (Book); BENDA, Julien; ALDINGTON, Richard; CLERKS in literature; CREATIVE ability; DEMOCRACY
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