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John H. Harbison '60 would not necessarily consider composing pure fun. Even after five symphonies, four operas, and multiple concertos, there is still something about the uncertainty of a piece in progress that would be, according to him, “wrong to describe as enjoyable.”
But one of the obstacles to preventing piggybacking is that it would go against what administrators describe as Harvard’s culture of inclusivity.
In an age in which even the removal of hot breakfast has elicited a strong student response, the indifference both Strauss and Smith describe is emblematic of the silence that gave the Silent Generation its name.
After a big win, an aura that Ron Burgundy would describe as “scrumtrulescent” sweeps this campus, as we cherish the few truly legendary sports moments that we are entitled to experience. And that is why we write.
The word “empathy” was coined in the 20th century to describe our ability to feel our way into another’s point of view. Smith called this ability “sympathy.” He saw every instance of sympathy as...