March 09, 2007
Jeffreys Derangement Syndrome
Posted by
Mark Kleiman
Macaulay's history of the brutal, fanatical, and incompetent tyranny of James II is full of lessons for our time. For example, this remark about Judge Jeffreys has current application:
The hatred which that bad man inspired had more affinity with humanity than with cruelty.
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