(The Constitution of Liberty, 1960)This sense of excitement about the voyage into the unknown future, and the embrace of the possibility of discovery and creativity that the liberal society makes possible, is one reason among many I am excited to get my hands on Deirdre McCloskey’s forthcoming book, Why Liberalism Works. This may be inevitable because no statement of an ideal that is likely to sway men’s minds can be complete: it must be adapted to a given climate of opinion, presuppose much that is accepted by all men of the time, and illustrate general principles in terms of issues with which they are concerned.It had been a long time, Hayek continued, since the ideals of liberalism had been effectively restated.