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Birth of a conservative intellectual

I’ve been a Ronald Reagan conservative for 30 years now. This epiphany experience compelled me to write the essay below, which was the first of two essays written exactly 30 years ago for my school newspaper, The DePauw, during my senior year at DePauw University. I was 21 years old.

Note that this essay on aesthetics demonstrates a realization of the superior cognitive value of classical music over other forms of music years before the “Build Your Baby’s Brain” music series became popular for pregnant woman.

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