Between Victory and Defeat

Everyone seems either too ignorant or too knowing; too cautious or too daring; too blithe or too panicked; too young or too old. Proctor’s answer to H.D.’s quandary is a contradiction of her own: She recommends “patient urgency.” That is, she thinks we can imbue our urgency for change with patience for each other, our toughness with tenderness, our

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