The New Machiavelli Chapter 4 Part 2

The H. G. Wells Library · Mar 1, 2026 · 35m · transcript

In which a young man’s early certainty about social and political revolutions gives way to the sober realisation of the complex realities underpinning society, tempered by encounters with poignant voices of the working class and reflections on a distant imperial war. His intellectual wanderings are accompanied by vivid impressions of Cambridge life, discussions on socialism, and the broadened horizons of an inaugural journey abroad, all weaving a tapestry of awakening and expanding awareness.