“A compassionate society is not one that relieves individuals of their moral responsibility, but one that enables them to assume it.”

Gertrude Himmelfarb

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About Gertrude Himmelfarb

Historian American

Gertrude Himmelfarb was a highly influential American historian renowned for her extensive work on Victorian England and intellectual history. As a leading figure in neoconservatism, she championed the importance of...

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