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William D. Phelan jr.

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William James and Religious Experience

The sanest and best of us are of one clay with lunatics and prison inmates. And whenever we feel this,


Cosmopolite Cosmologist: The Life of William James

The entire man, who feels all needs by turns, will take nothing as an equivalent for life but the fullness


Distinguished Dissenter

In 1940 a lawyer suing to rescind Bertrand Russell's teaching appointment in New York described Russell's writings as lecherous, salacious,


The Farm Problem

Orville Freeman's farm program is a monstrosity. Admittedly, few areas in modern economics present greater complexities than agriculture. And with


Shirer Claims German Nazis Rose Threat

The Bonn foreign office is shot through and through with Nazis," William L. Shirer declared last night the Ford Hall


PBH African Project Meets Budget Goals

PBH's Project Tanganyika has successfully raised the $33,000 necessary to finance its African teaching project. As arrangements now stand, the


1370 Chosen For College's Class of 1965

The College has accepted 1370 students from the more than 5200 who applied for admission to the Class of 1965.


Goldwater Calls New Frontier Policy Throwback to New Deal Interference

"You can teach an old dog new tricks, but it takes too long," Barry Goldwater told the Harvard Young Republicans


Blanshard Suggests Ethical System To Heal Reason-Feeling Dichotomy

To the reflective thinker the inarticulateness of the practical man often makes him seem a strange combination of the wizard