It All Connects (again)

[Mark Kohut]

wonderful, wonderful, yes.

https://books.google.com/books?id=DpejUClXl9YC&pg=PA110&dq=Seeking+to+conquer+a+larger+liberty,+man+but+extends+the+empire+of+necessity.&hl=en&sa=X&ei=EY-tVKKRJMmhNrqfg4gB&ved=0CFEQ6AEwCQ#v=onepage&q=Seeking%20to%20conquer%20a%20larger%20liberty%2C%20man%20but%20extends%20the%20empire%20of%20necessity.&f=false

On Wed, Jan 7, 2015 at 2:48 PM, Monte Davis <montedavis49 at gmail.com> wrote:
> I have too many books going already, but just picked up my Christmas-gift
> copy of Greg Grandin's The Empire of Necessity: Slavery, Freedom and
> Deception in the New World. I didn't know the source of the title, so the
> first page told me:
>
> Seeking to conquer a larger liberty, man but extends the empire of
> necessity.
>
> - Author unknown. Used as epigraph to Herman Melville's "The Bell Tower."
>
> Boyoboy, is *that* going to echo for me this time through M&D...!
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