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Last week, with the publication of two biographical studies-Acton's Political Philosophy, by sometime Oxford Lecturer G. E. Fasnacht (Hollis & Carter; 215.), and Lord Acton: A Study in Conscience and Politics, by U.S. Historian Gertrude Himmelfarb (University of Chicago; $3.75)-modern readers on both sides of the Atlantic could review Acton's position. Some would find him no longer out of step. "He is of this age, more than of his," says Biographer Himmelfarb. "He is, indeed, one of our great contemporaries...
...domestic relations, filed a petition to have Mrs. Fiena Hanna declared an imbecile and committed to the state institution for the feeble-minded at Salem, Ore. Bewildered, lacking legal counsel (which in Oregon is permitted but not customary in such cases), Mrs. Hanna was examined by a Dr. Max Himmelfarb and one Carolyn Friendly, mathematics teacher and one-time psychology student. These two announced that Mrs. Hanna failed to pass "intelligence tests." The court ordered her committed to Salem, but because of its crowded condition she was not sent there at once...