Contents

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1. Preface: An Engineer's TearsRead preview
2. Prologue: Civilization's Sixty-Second TestRead preview
3. Chapter 1: Two ChairsWhen Armed Men Enter the LegislatureRead preview
4. Chapter 2: Two Pieces of PaperWho Gets to Redefine “All”?
5. Chapter 3: CovenantHow Equals Freely Become “We”
6. Chapter 4: Two KingsA Standard Above the Crown
7. Chapter 5: Two Basins of WaterFrom Stone Tablets to the Human Heart
8. Chapter 6: Athens and JerusalemThe Death of Socrates, and Why Logic Needs a Starting Point
9. Chapter 7: A River, a Whip, a LetterRome: An Intricate Vessel
10. Chapter 8: Twelve Is Greater Than NineThe King Under God
11. Chapter 9: Magna CartaThe King Under the Law
12. Chapter 10: The Book the King Could Not Take BackRemoving the Intermediary: Who May Question Those Who Speak for God?
13. Chapter 11: A ShipThe King's Disappearance and “We the People”
14. Chapter 12: A War Without EnemiesThe Cost of Keeping Our Word
15. Chapter 13: Two Roads and Roots That Live AgainThe Road to a City upon a Hill and the Road to Serfdom
16. Chapter 14: Silicon Valley's Fire and the Magnificent SevenCivilization's Compounding Returns
17. Chapter 15: Civilization's Flame and the Man Who Lights ItThe Man in the Arena
18. Chapter 16: What We Leave Our ChildrenWhen the Book Reaches Our Hands
19. Afterword: After Two BulletsRead preview
20. Notes