Archive for Samuel Withers
Emerson in Suburbia
Mr. Withers is Administrative Director of the Council for Basic Education, and prior to that had been a high school teacher of English in a wealthy New York suburb. As Ralph Waldo Emerson’s voice in Boston’s Athenaeum is said to have entranced his listeners, so the voice in his essays has made many readers since [...]
1Mar1963 | Samuel Withers | 1 comment | Continued-
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Bubbles, Malinvestment, and Higher Education
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For Equality; Against Privilege
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