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Undeniably the book contains much technical exposition of both the scientific and intellectual uproar which evolution provoked--a discussion necessary because it would be impossible and undesirable to separate Huxley and Darwin from the idea which motivated their lives. The general reader will probably find the book most compelling when...
... I cannot understand how any writer can say that a nun's life is a normal and natural vocation . . . Celibacy, flagellation and corporal penances, as practiced by the Carmelites, took place during the Dark Ages of history . . . Whether one believes in Mother Nature, the process of evolution, or God...
Inherit the Wind (by Jerome Lawrence & Robert E. Lee) flashes back across history to 1925 and the celebrated "monkey trial" in Dayton, Tenn. The locale, to be sure, is unspecified in the play and the names are fictitious, but there is never for a moment any pretense of fiction. John...
When Ballet Theater first bounced on the scene 15 years ago, it called itself "a museum of the dance." The label was meant to indicate that all styles, old and new, would be on exhibit. Over the years, the lively museum gave U.S. ballet a new turn: it kicked new...
David Sheppard's "Jazz Band" mirrors Picasso's cubist period but no "staircase" angles challenge the rhythm of curves. Modifications of other European styles sprinkle the walls. More typically American, in the tradition of Ben Shawn, is Beverly Hallam's "Evolution," which shows a row of children exhibiting their paintings...