Pliny the Elder famously wrote, "True glory consists in doing what deserves to be written; in writing what deserves to be read; and in so living as to make the world happier for our living in it." By that standard, the glory that Adam Serwer assigns to the life of John Lewis is eminently deserved. It would be so much more seemly, however, if those who have dedicated themselves to frustrating a central purpose of his life in advancing voting rights could at least spare us their insincere regrets at his passing.
Pliny the Elder famously wrote, "True glory consists in doing what deserves to be written; in writing what deserves to be read; and in so living as to make the world happier for our living in it." By that standard, the glory that Adam Serwer assigns to the life of John Lewis is eminently deserved. It would be so much more seemly, however, if those who have dedicated themselves to frustrating a central purpose of his life in advancing voting rights could at least spare us their insincere regrets at his passing.