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Unfortunately, serious obstacles stand in the way. We no longer agree about is important for an educated person to know. "Education cannot be discussed in a void," L.S. Eliot once wrote, "To know what we want in education we must know what we want in general; we must derive our theory of education from our philosophy of life." But modern America has no philosophy of life; if it does, it probably should not be taught to children. It is ordinarily hoped that a value-free education will allow students to form their own values. All too often, a value-free...
...make up for the void created by his father, Boswell took solace in his relationship with Johnson, the most intellectually dynamic man of his age. Some of the most moving sections of the book describe the intimate rapport between Johnson and Boswell. Here we see them analyzing Boswell's prospects for entering Johnson's famed literary club, there the two are commiserating after a rare argument. The intellectual stimulation offered by Johnson and his circle warmed Boswell...
Some final notes as we enter The Void...
Reagan had been initiated into the club. In 1961 John Kennedy encountered the same cold void when he talked to Nikita Khrushchev in Vienna. "I never met a man like that before," marveled Kennedy when he got back home...
...analyze and clearly state the issues is the best that Harvard and Yale can produce, we are in for several very grim decades. If the audience's reaction toe student debate is an indication of the level of thought and rationality in the Harvard community at large, the void is too terrible to contemplate. Frederick J. Horne...