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True Profession. Not quite. Hesse's parents were Protestant missionaries, and so it was assumed that he would be a minister. At 14, however, the stultifying confinement of school sent him fleeing from the Maulbronn seminary in Swabia. Unable to find a meaning in his life, unhappy with a...
During this period, his first marriage broke up, he underwent a course of psychiatric treatment with a disciple of Jung in a sanatorium near Lucerne. From 1912, he lived in Switzerland, where, until his death, he continued his spiritual struggle. "The true profession of a man," he said, "is to...
At a time when some of us are on verge of virtually putting our lives on the line in order to halt the crimes our government is committing in our names, the response of faculty members in the profession most intimately tied to the war is revealing indeed. They have...
Godless Actors. England's play censorship was established during the 16th century in order to stamp out Catholic stage resistance to the Reformation, as well as to protect the people from the bad influence of actors, who were generally held to be godless degenerates. Licensing became an official duty...
Sir: Although the outrages you report of the Philadelphia penal system [Sept. 20] are by no means unusual, there is clearly enough cruelty involved to "spring" many prisoners under the Eighth Amendment which guarantees no cruel or unusual punishment. What I cannot understand is that the legal profession with its...