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It prevents existence

Alexis de Tocqueville, Democracy in America, trans. Henry Reeve

The all-administrative university Read against the machine

A vast administrative hall with curved file counters, guide rails, and an empty chair.
Illustration generated with ChatGPT by OpenAI, prompted and selected by Greg Conrad Smith, 2026.

The will of man is not shattered, but softened, bent, and guided: … such a power does not destroy, but it prevents existence.

–Alexis de Tocqueville, Democracy in America, trans. Henry Reeve