Word: beautfiul
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Zinn's book, in this sense, is both beautfiul and terrifying. It is beautfiul, because it looks forward to the time when men will base their society upon morality, and justice will at last be united with the law. But it is terrifying as well, because the conditions of the 1960's are too angry, too hostile, too violent to let this work. Zinn is overreaching himself when he asks that the Court stand on his side when he breaks a law, no matter how immoral he may consider that law to be. As long as the law stands...
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