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...believes in American exceptionalism, the creed of self-reliance and self-confidence identified by Emerson -- that nothing really ever happened before, and that Americans are going to do it better anyhow: "Our ability to re-create ourselves at critical junctures is why we're still around after all this time...
Harvard, I grow increasingly convinced, is a college in search of a stereotype. In the Yard, I get close. I remember what my first guide through campus said--"this is where all the shit went down 350 years ago"--and I think Puritans and Emerson and then...then I see Canaday. Then the Science Center, which I'm just sure Cotton Mather would not have approved. It's hard to live a simple life of Samurai parties and tank tops on a campus that collects buildings like art--seeking a diversity of classical, romantic and abstract. Our history...
Ralph Waldo Emerson...
...Emerson Majestic Theatre...
...Graney's new dance "Faith" attests to the power and mystique of women. Performed last weekend at Emerson Majestic Theatre in Boston, this piece offered the audience a variety of images of women, from the sultry harlot in a tight dress to the vulnerable nymph in the nude...