Wednesday’s Trailheads

What I Learned at Alexis de Tocqueville’s Birthday Dinner by Will Ogilvie Vega de Seoane Although Tocqueville never knew him personally, Malesherbes occupied a permanent place in his imagination. Family conversations preserved his memory, and Tocqueville kept a bust of him on his writing desk throughout his life and even considered writing a book about him. The admiration was not sentimental, but…