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...presumptuous to say this, but I wished to be a student at Harvard because I believed Harvard represented a humanistic philosophy that stressed a quality of life whose traditions reach back to the Graeco-Roman and Christian ethics, where life, peace and beauty were held sacred. From my conversations with other students and faculty members here, I find this tradition is still strongly rooted. Certainly you are in a far better position than I to determine this. In the matter of Storm King, I feel Harvard's philosophy is definitely threatened. Certainly there is a demand for more "energy...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: BLACK ROCK | 5/4/1973 | See Source »

From his desk, Hofer looks up, pointed across his office, and said, "That is my favorite thing here. It is a cast from the British Museum head of Hypnos, which is Graeco-Roman, and underneath it is written in Greek what was over the Alexandrian Library: 'A healing place for the soul.' That just gives me peace when I feel ... Well, wouldn't that give you peace...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Houghton Library | 6/30/1969 | See Source »

From his desk, Hofer looked up, pointed across his office, and said, "That is my favorite thing here. it is a cast from the British Museum hear of Hypnos, which is Graeco-Roman, and underneath it is written in Greek what was over the Alexandrian Lirarv: 'A healing place for the soul.' That just gives me peace when I feel. . . well, wouldn't that give you peace...

Author: By Nicholas Gagarin, | Title: Old Books in and Under the Yard | 6/12/1969 | See Source »

Stewart is the second Master to announce a sabbatical for next year. Reuben A. Brower, Master of Adams House and professor of English, will spend next year in London and Greece preparing a book on Shakespeare and the Graeco-Roman heroic tradition...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Stewart to Spend Year On Oxford Sabbatical | 2/16/1965 | See Source »

Master Brower and Mrs. Brower plan to leave the U.S. in mid-summer next year and hope to spend most of their time in London, Italy, and Greece. Brower will be preparing a book on William Shakespeare and the Graeco-Roman heroic tradition, to be published by the Oxford University Press...

Author: By John D. Gerhart, | Title: Woodworth to Be Master of Adams | 12/12/1964 | See Source »

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