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Abstract This essay is a review of: Reverence: Renewing a Forgotten Virtue, by Paul Woodruff. Oxford: Oxford University Press, Citation2001. x + 248 pp. First Democracy: The Challenge of an Ancient Idea, by Paul Woodruff. Oxford: Oxford University Press, Citation2005. xv + 284 pp. The Necessity of Theater: The Art of Watching and Being Watched, by Paul Woodruff. Oxford: Oxford University Press, Citation2008. x + 257 pp. Additional informationNotes on contributorsGregory Clark Gregory Clark is a Professor in the English Department at Brigham Young University, 2004 JFSB, Provo, UT 84602, USA.