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Contents
Searching for Truth: From Genesis to Genotype Jefferson Lecturer Leon Kass describes his journey from medical school to the heart of the humanities.
Great Expectations: Studying with Leon Kass
In the classroom and in daily life, the bioethicist believes in the best of human nature.
By Yuval Levin
Immigration and the Brahmins
An influx of undesirables
at the end of the nineteenth century hit Boston’s elite rather hard.
By Vincent J. Cannato
What Words Are Worth
In defense of the humanities.
By R. Howard Bloch
Darwin the Young Adventurer
The budding naturalist avoids life as a minister and finds himself aboard
the Beagle. By Janet Browne
In Focus
Erik Jorgensen, captain of the Maine Humanities Council.
By Andrew Lawler
Curiously Reckless Rebels; Velo News; Father Secchi’s Dim View.
Who Said It?
Eyes—not what they see but what they reveal.
Impertinent Questions
with musicologist James Leve on the composers of Cabaret and Chicago.
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