17. “Independence is a heady draft, and if you drink it in your youth, it can have the same effect on the brain as young wine does. It does not matter that its taste is not always appealing. It is ...

Rabbie Burns said it best, of course: “The warl’ly race may riches chase, An’ riches still may fly them, O; An’ though at last they catch them fast, Their hearts can ne’er enjoy them, O.” The things ...