In this episode, we discuss Occasional Discourse by Thomas Carlyle. In this essay, Carlyle explains the impact of abolitionism in the West Indies and what could be done to mend the situation.
Gurney and Idaho also grapple with the real meaning of progress and try to apply the lessons of the essay to the modern world.
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