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...Wells' ten " most important books " in their effect on history and civilization, four are distinctly within the field of science: Aristotle's History of Animals (about 354 B. C.); Copernicus' The Revolution of the Heavens (A. D. 1543); Bacon's New Atlantis (1624); Darwin's Origin of Species (1859); while Plato's Republic (about 393 B. C.) and Marco Polo's Travels (1299) might easily be tagged as sociology and geography...
...remark that "they were the creative and cohesive powers in the world second only to the Bible". Plato's "Republic" gets a place because Wells found it easy to read on the Downs of Sussex, and because he claims that it gives a sense "of liberation and enlargement". Bacon's "New Atlantis" he does not call a great book; in fact, with typical obstinacy, he calls it "not a very well-imagined nor a well-written book" and then includes it among the most important ten. "The Revolt of the Heavens" is a title of mystery to most readers...
These facts may suggest that distribution need not end when college requirements are fulfilled. The specialist must be proficient in one field, but to be a leader he must also be an amateur in many. Or, as Lord Bacon puts it, "expert men can execute, and perhaps judge of particulars; but the general councils, and plots and marshalling of affairs, come best from those that are learned...
Score, Harvard 36, Brown 18. Goals from floor, Gordon 7, Samborski 3; Lowenthal 2, Miller 2. Rudofsky, Tuckerman 3, Bacon, Williams, Wagenknecht. Goals from fouls, Gordon 5, McLeish, Mitchell 4, Wagenknecht 2. Referee, Robinson, Time of halves, 20 minutes...
...summary: HARVARD BROWN Lowenthal, Scully, r.f. l.g., Dugan Gordon, l.f. r.g., Tuckerman Miller, McElroy, c. c., Bacon, Mitchell, Barton Rudofsky, Black, r.g. l.f., Williams McLeish, Samborski, l.g. r.f., Wagenknecht...