Carroll Quigley died in early January 1977. A few weeks later
his long-time research assistant and personal friend, Miss Helen
E. Veit, telephoned me to ask if I would be her lawyer for the
probate of Quigley's last will and testament, which left to her
all rights to his books, papers and research materials, but which
Quigley's widow was intending to contest.
Happily, a compromise between Lillian Quigley and Helen Veit was
reached and a will contest avoided. Carroll Quigley's wishes were
all honored.
Someday I hope Carroll Quigley has an appropriate web site on
the internet. I have a huge collection of his writings, as well as
many tape recordings of his lectures. A very impressive "Carroll
Quigley" site could be constructed. It amazes me how relevant
many of Quigley's writings and lectures still are, more than
twenty years after his death.
Among Quigley's most valuable insights were those concerning
education. Carroll Quigley was not only a natural-born "great"
teacher; he was also a serious student of what it takes to be a "great"
teacher. One of his essays having the most lasting value surely is
his famous article "Is Georgetown University Committing
'Suicide'?"
Listed below are the "Quigley Links" I have found on
the internet. As one can see, many of the people still interested
in Carroll Quigley seem to have taken entirely out of context the
extensive references that he made in his book Tragedy and
Hope: A History of the World in Our Time to a high-level
Anglophile conspiracy that he contended flourished before World
War II and believe that Quigley thought this conspiracy has
somehow continued to operate right up to our day.
As, however, Dr.Quigley once told me, the reality is much
scarier. Instead of a secret cabal now being in charge, no one is
now in charge. We have instead a kind of chaos or anarchy.
