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Who Chooses the Accusers, the Grand Jury and the Long Struggle over Its Panel
The grand jury was built to stand between government and citizen. From Shaftesbury's flight to Utah's barred believers and indictments voided for racial exclusion, its independence has hinged on one question: who writes the list of jurors.
Hero or Circumstance, the Victorian Quarrel over Whether Great Men Make History
Carlyle made the great man the master of his age; his scientific critics made him its product. Both answers broke. William James, borrowing from Darwin, left a sharper question: under what conditions can a single will tip history?
