Douglass G. Adair was Professor of History at the College of William and Mary and Claremont Graduate School. He was the editor of the William and Mary Quarterly in the 1940s and 1950s, during which time he led the journal to the prominence it enjoys today. Mark E. Yellin teaches at North Carolina State University. He has been a contributor to the Review of Politics and the American Political Science Review.

Adair drew people to him because he quickened the imagination of all those around him. You left his presence with images and ideas buzzing, feeling yourself more alive just for sharing a few minutes with him. . . . When early Americanists decided that virtue was the principal concern of the founding generation, I realized that he had anticipated their interest, perhaps even fostered it.

• Chapter 1 IntroductionChapter 2 A Polemical PrologueChapter 3 The Constant and Universal Principles of Human NatureChapter 4 According to AristotleChapter 5 The Desperate Debtor and the Hall of MirrorsChapter 6 The High Toned GovernmentChapter 7 The Extended RepublicChapter 8 The Virtuous FarmerChapter 9 Epilogue

Douglass G. Adair was Professor of History at the College of William and Mary and Claremont Graduate School. He was the editor of the William and Mary Quarterly in the 1940s and 1950s, during which time he led the journal to the prominence it enjoys today. Mark E. Yellin teaches at North Carolina State University. He has been a contributor to the Review of Politics and the American Political Science Review.

Adair drew people to him because he quickened the imagination of all those around him. You left his presence with images and ideas buzzing, feeling yourself more alive just for sharing a few minutes with him. . . . When early Americanists decided that virtue was the principal concern of the founding generation, I realized that he had anticipated their interest, perhaps even fostered it.

• Chapter 1 IntroductionChapter 2 A Polemical PrologueChapter 3 The Constant and Universal Principles of Human NatureChapter 4 According to AristotleChapter 5 The Desperate Debtor and the Hall of MirrorsChapter 6 The High Toned GovernmentChapter 7 The Extended RepublicChapter 8 The Virtuous FarmerChapter 9 Epilogue

Douglass G. Adair was Professor of History at the College of William and Mary and Claremont Graduate School. He was the editor of the William and Mary Quarterly in the 1940s and 1950s, during which time he led the journal to the prominence it enjoys today. Mark E. Yellin teaches at North Carolina State University. He has been a contributor to the Review of Politics and the American Political Science Review.

Adair drew people to him because he quickened the imagination of all those around him. You left his presence with images and ideas buzzing, feeling yourself more alive just for sharing a few minutes with him. . . . When early Americanists decided that virtue was the principal concern of the founding generation, I realized that he had anticipated their interest, perhaps even fostered it.

• Chapter 1 IntroductionChapter 2 A Polemical PrologueChapter 3 The Constant and Universal Principles of Human NatureChapter 4 According to AristotleChapter 5 The Desperate Debtor and the Hall of MirrorsChapter 6 The High Toned GovernmentChapter 7 The Extended RepublicChapter 8 The Virtuous FarmerChapter 9 Epilogue