The lesson from the founders, Mr Shipler concludes, is that freedom depends not on the virtue of leaders or officials but on a "durable foundation of constitutional protections".
Having laid a durable foundation of realism, White then gets to his deeper mission in Charlotte's Web - evoking the wonders that spring from the everyday world.
"Arguably, we will not break the cycle of regulation, bypass, crisis and rescue," Mr. Lacker said, "until we are willing to clarify the limits to government support, and incur the short-term costs of confirming those limits, in the interest of building a stronger and durable foundation for our financial system.
The U.N. Security Council has, however, cited such pet rocks as the most durable foundation stones for peace and stability in any country.
Novelties make notoriously flimsy foundations for durable careers.
Economic recovery would provide the foundations on which durable and free-standing democracies could be built.
If such deliberations ever were to happen, they would need to consider carefully what the economics of currency unions suggest are the necessary foundations for a durable union, particularly given the clear risks if these foundations are not in place.
He added: "If such deliberations ever were to happen, they would need to consider carefully what the economics of currency unions suggest are the necessary foundations for a durable union, particularly given the clear risks if these foundations are not in place.
The general's men portray the devolution plan as the foundation of the "durable, sustainable working democracy" they want to build.
But he wanted to start them young too, by imprinting data "on the mind at a time when the memory is capable of being impressed in a lasting and durable manner, thereby laying the foundation for accurate and valuable knowledge".
