The power to pardon is a vestige
of one of monarchy's several il-
lusions of a capacity to absolve
a government of its mistakes. No
wonder, it appeals to the Ameri-
can President, in the most aber-
rant way. The grace of depicting
such mistakes far outranks abso-
lution, so superficial as to re-
double them. I imagine a pardon,
for forgetting it is Summer. One
could never credit such a lapse.
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