The curious life of Lewis Littlepage, an American-born courtier in late eighteenth century Europe, revealed the true nature of the United States exceptional identity and highlighted the negative effects of social refinement on its unique character. It was discovered, through an examination of Littlepages life, that the uniqueness of the U.S. (its exceptionalism) was ultimately a product of its citizens self-control. The earliest concern of our founders, the creators of the grand American experiment to prove that humans were capable of self-government, was how to produce citizens capable of...
The curious life of Lewis Littlepage, an American-born courtier in late eighteenth century Europe, revealed the true nature of the United States excep...
